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Mount Cashel

Province to cover $45.8 million of St. John's abuse victims' settlement

Province to cover $45.8 million of St. John's abuse victims' settlement

Newfoundland payment still leaves $40-million gap in settlement

Quinton Amundson · April 25, 2026

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has agreed to pay $45.8 million to individuals abused at Catholic-run institutions across the province, including the notorious Mount Cashel Orphanage, parishes and government-funded schools.
St. John's well short in claim settlement

St. John's well short in claim settlement

Archdiocese still looking for ways to pay $121 million judgment

Quinton Amundson · November 4, 2025

December will mark four years since the Archdiocese of St. John’s launched a comprehensive restructuring process in response to being deemed “vicariously liable” by the Newfoundland Court of Appeal for the physical and sexual abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s.
St. John’s on hook for an additional 59 abuse survivors

St. John’s on hook for an additional 59 abuse survivors

Appeal brings total judgment to more than $121 million

Quinton Amundson · April 9, 2025

The Archdiocese of St. John’s must provide payment to an additional 59 survivors — or their estates — who experienced abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage during the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s or at the hands of archdiocesan clergy.
St. John's appeals insurance denial ruling

St. John's appeals insurance denial ruling

Quinton Amundson · January 27, 2025

The Archdiocese of St. John’s is seeking to overturn a Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador decision that released Guardian Insurance from helping cover its settlement with clergy abuse survivors.
More bad news for St. John's abuse victims

More bad news for St. John's abuse victims

Court rules insurance company won't have to cover archdiocese's liability

Quinton Amundson · January 8, 2025

The Archdiocese of St. John’s has lost its legal effort to compel its insurance company to help cover some of its mammoth $105-million settlement with nearly 300 clergy sexual abuse survivors.
Cash for St. John's abuse victims by month's end

Cash for St. John's abuse victims by month's end

About 20 per cent of claims will flow to plaintiffs

Quinton Amundson · October 11, 2024

Nearly 300 victims — or their surviving loved ones — who suffered abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. John’s, N.L., during the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, or by Archdiocese of St. John’s clergy, will receive the initial disbursement of their long-awaited monetary restitution before the end of this month.
Bill comes due in St. John's: $104 million for abuse victims

Bill comes due in St. John's: $104 million for abuse victims

Quinton Amundson · July 8, 2024

The Archdiocese of St. John’s must pay over $104 million to 292 survivors of abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage during the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s or at the hands of archdiocesan clergy.
Long-suffering Mount Cashel victims settlements on hold, again

Long-suffering Mount Cashel victims settlements on hold, again

Quinton Amundson · June 19, 2024

The passing of another plaintiff in the Mount Cashel abuse case further highlights the repeated delays that have continually cropped up in the legal process. Monetary restitution not received is ultimately justice denied.
St. John’s closures ‘canonically unsound’

St. John’s closures ‘canonically unsound’

Archdiocese can’t ‘usurp’ parish finances, dicastery says

Quinton Amundson · April 24, 2024

Having ruled that the Archdiocese of St. John’s closing of a number of parishes was canonically unsound, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Clergy has further said that civil law does not trump canonical rights.
Second St. John’s parish merger revoked

Second St. John’s parish merger revoked

Dicastery overrules Hundt again

Quinton Amundson · April 16, 2024

For the second time in a month, the Vatican’s Dicastery of the Clergy has ruled St. John’s Archbishop Peter Hundt did not follow the proper canonical procedure in closing and selling a Catholic parish.