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A class action suit against the Anglican school by alleged abuse victims was denied certification earlier this year; the judge declared that individual actions would be more productive.<\/p>\nA class action suit against the Anglican school by alleged abuse victims was denied certification earlier this year; the judge declared that individual actions would be more productive.<\/p>\n
The claim against the Diocese of Ontario was also dismissed. This is good news for the Diocese of Ontario, since even paying lawyers to defend against a class action suit would probably bankrupt it. The diocese could still be in trouble if individuals pursue litigation individually or the appeal is successful.<\/p>\n
It doesn\u2019t sound as if the abuse victims would be pacified by Truth and Reconciliation<\/a>, the Anglican Church of Canada\u2019s recipe for promoting \u201chealing and reconciliation\u201d \u2013 without it costing too much.<\/p>\n From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n TORONTO — A group of former students of a Christian college in eastern Ontario claiming abuse do not have the emotional strength to pursue individual lawsuits, their lawyer is arguing.<\/p>\n A judge denied certification earlier this year for their proposed $200-million class-action lawsuit against Grenville Christian College and its two former headmasters and the Anglican Diocese of Ontario, saying it isn’t the preferable procedure.<\/p>\n But Loretta Merritt, one of the three lawyers for the plaintiffs, said that individuals would struggle to move forward with the case on their own and a class-action suit is the best way for them to be heard.<\/p>\n “If this decision were to stand then each individual survivor would have to come forward and say ‘I want to pursue an individual action,”‘ she said.<\/p>\n [\u2026..]<\/p>\n The plaintiffs in the case are former students at the college, which operated both as a junior school and residential high school, and they alleged in the lawsuit that they were subjected to years of abuse.<\/p>\n The suit claimed the school was run as a mind-control cult that left the former students traumatized.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A class action suit against the Anglican school by alleged abuse victims was denied certification earlier this year; the judge declared that individual actions would be more productive. The claim against the Diocese of Ontario was also dismissed. This is … Continue reading