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Call to Action # 29: Justice (25-42)

Supreme Court rejects Archdiocese of St. John’s appeal of Mount Cashel Orphanage ruling

January 14, 2021

 CBC – Supreme Court of Canada rejected the appeal from the Archdiocese of St. John’s ruling that “The Archdiocese of St. John’s is liable for the abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage in the 1950s… The case has been snaking its way through the courts for 21 years. The church is now liable to pay the outstanding bills left behind by the Christian Brothers of Ireland when the organization went bankrupt from settling child abuse lawsuits in 2012.