The Supreme Court has approved a settlement that will see the province help compensate victims of abuse at church-run institutions decades ago.
Sources tell VOCM News that Justice Garrett Handrigan released his decision to approve the deal today, after hearing unanimous arguments in favour of the application last Friday.
It will see the provincial government pay out $46 million to almost 300 claimants as part of the third-party settlement.
The Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. John’s was already found “vicariously liable” for the abuse but exhausted its assets from the sale of land and churches to settle claims. That’s when the province was called upon to make up at least some of the $70-million shortfall.
Amounts of money for each victim vary, depending on the circumstances and time periods of their abuse, which occurred from the 1940s to 1990s at the former Mount Cashel Orphanage, Presentation House, and schools operated by the province.
