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He abused dozens of Indigenous children in Ontario. But did Jesuit priest’s painful legacy begin in Montreal?

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. As a Jesuit priest in Ontario, George Epoch sexually abused dozens of children in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. But Epoch’s abuse allegedly dates back even earlier, to the 1950s, when he taught at Loyola High School, a private Catholic school in Montreal. Two …

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Oneida First Nation woman sues London, Ont., police, alleging officers sexually abused her for years

Warning: This story contains disturbing allegations of sexual abuse A 67-year-old Oneida Nation of the Thames woman has launched a $6-million lawsuit against the London Police Service (LPS) in southwestern Ontario, alleging three officers sexually assaulted her for years and officials did nothing to stop it.  Two officers sexually assaulted her over the …

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Teacher exonerated at Mount Cashel abused kids in B.C. until at least 2009, lawsuit alleges

A young man from British Columbia alleges Joseph Burke — a former Christian Brother once convicted of abusing boys at a Newfoundland orphanage in the early 1970s — sexually assaulted him numerous times from 2007 to 2009. The man, known as John B. Doe in court documents, says Burke was his teacher at …

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