Toys and souvenirs in memory of abused indigenous children in a school residence in Canada. AFP photo
A Canadian court authorized the sale of dozens of properties of the Catholic Church in Canada, of which more than a dozen templesto compensate the victims of sexual and physical abuse committed decades ago by Catholic religious.
The judicial authorization allows the sale of the properties in 34 parishes on the island of Newfoundlandon the Canadian Atlantic coast, including the Cathedral Basilica of San Giovanni Battista in San Giovanni di Terranova.
According to documents released by the Canadian CBC network, most of the properties for sale, with an estimated value of 15.5 million dollarss, it will be bought by Catholic organizations and groups.
In addition, Canadian courts could approve the sale of the 70 other properties of the Catholic Church in Newfoundland.
The money obtained will go to compensate the victims of the Mount Cashel orphanagea San Juan de Terranova institution run for more than a century by the congregation of the Christian Brothers.
Kamloops Indian Residential School operated from 1893 to 1978. Photo: Reuters.
In 1986, a police investigation began to reveal sexual and physical abuse committed by clerics in the orphanage for decades, and between 1989 and 1992 a royal commission investigated the allegations.
The Commission’s final report found that the Church and local authorities, including the mounted policethey had hidden abuses in the institution where they were interned children who were not orphans but had been placed in custody of the province and which closed its doors in 1990.
A total of 11 religious were sentenced sentences from 4 months to 11 years of imprisonment, and in 1992 the Christian Brothers congregation officially apologized to the victims, but the Irish congregation also declared bankruptcy, which made it impossible to pay compensation.
For decades, hundreds of victims of abuse fought for compensationUntil 2019, the courts ruled that the Episcopal Corporation of this creed in San Juan de Terranova was indirectly responsible for the abuses committed.
The approval of the sale of the properties of the Catholic Church in Newfoundland comes shortly before July 24 arrives in Canada Pope Francis to apologize to the natives.
The pardon of the Church and the last priest arrested
Last month, Canadian police arrested retired Catholic priest Arthur Masse, 92, on suspicion of sexually assaulting an indigenous student. five decades ago.
I’m the latest allegations presented against one of the parties involved in the scandal of the religious colleges of that country, which operated from 1863 to 1998 and which in its surroundings were found in 2021 more than 1,300 tombs and graves.
He was charged with indecent assault and subsequently placed on probation, although he has to appear in court this Wednesday 20 July.
The victim who led to Masse’s arrest was 10 when, according to him, the abuse began at Fort Alexander boarding school in Manitoba between 1968 and 1970.
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