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Brother Fulfills Promise by Filing Sexual Abuse Class Action Suit

Case ID: 5511

Amount At Issue: $13,000,000.00

Category: Miscellaneous

Last Update: 08/14/2009

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Victims who claimed sexual abuse by members of the Nova Scotian Roman Catholic Diocese announced theyve reached a $13-million settlement Friday. The settlement is designed to compensate the victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests while allowing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish to avoid bankruptcy.

Ronald Martin, who said his abuse started at the age of 13, started the class action lawsuit. In 2002, Martins brother took his own life and in a suicide note revealed he too had been sexually assaulted as a child.

Martin and his lawyer, John McKiggan, are encouraging others who suffered abuse to contact them and make a claim. So far theyve already heard from two dozen people. Four former priests in the diocese were convicted of assault, though the real number is alleged to be higher.

For more information please contact:

John McKiggan
Arnold, Pizzo & McKiggan
306-5670 Spring Garden Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1H6
Phone: (902) 423-2050
Fax: (902) 423-6707
jmckiggan@apmlawyers.com

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