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Quebec Court Permits Class Action In Clergy Sex Abuse Case

By Howard M. Friedman

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In the Canadian province of Quebec, a Superior Court judge has for the first time in Quebec approved the filing of a class action on behalf of clergy sex abuse victims. Yesterday's Montreal Gazette reports that the suit has been brought against a religious order, Congregation du Tres-Saint-Redempteur, on behalf of all students of Seminaire Saint-Alphonse, in Ste. Anne de Beaupre, who were sexually abused by priests between 1960 and 1987. At least five priests, including the school's former director were involved. The suit alleges that the priests planned among themselves which boys would be victims.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on November 26, 2010 (boomark / email).

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