A tentative settlement approval hearing is scheduled for October 2023 in the $110 million class action lawsuit against convicted pedophile Ralph Rowe and the Anglican Synod of the Diocese of Keewatin and Scouts Canada
THUNDER BAY — A multi-million dollar class action lawsuit alleging negligence on the part of two organizations resulting in hundreds of Indigenous youth being sexually abused by a priest and youth leader continues to move through the court, with a potential settlement hearing taking place later this year.
“Over this period, by virtue of the power and authority vested in him as a priest of the Synod and as a Scout leader, Rowe engaged in sexual grooming behaviour with young boys under his care and control,” the amended statement of claim reads. “This grooming activity, culminating in heinous sexual acts, was perpetrated on hundreds of predominantly aboriginal youth in northern Ontario and Manitoba First Nation communities.
Since 1988, Rowe has been convicted of nearly 60 crime relating to sexual assault and abuse involving dozens of victims, including guilty pleas to 26 sex-related charges and 39 counts of indecent assault in 1994, and additional counts in 2007 and 2009.Scouts Canada and the Synod of the Diocese of Keewatin have denied allegations of negligence in relation to Rowe’s actions.
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