The $100M proposed class-action has been discontinued, though the judge in the case has concerns
A proposed class-action lawsuit launched by sexual abuse survivors on Manitoulin Island has been discontinued after 29 victims reached individual settlements.
The statement of claim was issued at that time, seeking “in excess of $50 million in general damages and special damages in excess of $50 million.” M.P. alleges that Brother O’Meare sexually abused them as well as child members of the church from 1950 and 1960. It is alleged that Brother Hinton sexually abused child members of the church from 1963 to 1970, though no specific name is attached to the claim.
In 2019, then-Chief Duke Peltier and Senior Policy Analyst Sandra Wabegijig of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory approached counsel for the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada and asked that the claim be resolved by an informal process “that would be fair and not re-traumatize and re-victimize the putative Class Members.”
In his decision to discontinue the class action suit, Perell states that the proposed action class was not “commenced for improper purpose,” but also states he has no way to determine whether the 27 members who settled were influenced by the abandonment of the claim.
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