http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/ Published by Arnold | Pizzo | McKiggan en-us 2010-03-09T10:36:44-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2010/03/historical_trauma_increases_ri.html A recent research project conducted by The Cedar Project in British Columbia has found that aboriginal youth who have relatives who attended an Indian Residential School have higher rates of Hepatitis C infection. A similar study had already found that... Residential School Claims John McKiggan 2010-03-09T10:36:44-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2010/02/lalo_sexual_abuse_victim_award.html A man who was 13 years old when he was sexually abused by former probation officer Cesar Lalo has been awarded $375,000.00 in compensation by Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Justice Heather Robertson. Lalo has been convicted of sexually abusing... Cesar Lalo John McKiggan 2010-02-06T16:23:03-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2010/01/john_mckiggan_presenting_at_in.html I have been invited to speak at the Canadian Institute’s Ninth National Summit on Institutional Liability for Sexual Assault and Abuse. My presentation is Overcoming Key Hurdles in Bringing and Defending Child Sexual Assault and Abuse Claims. The conference is... Sexual Abuse John McKiggan 2010-01-28T10:24:34-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2010/01/bathurst_diocese_wants_to_defr.html The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bathurst has asked the Vatican to laicize a former priest from the Diocese, Father Levi Noel, who has been sentenced to eight years in jail for 22 sex related criminal offences. Father... Priest Sexual Abuse John McKiggan 2010-01-25T17:26:07-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2010/01/survivor_of_sexual_abuse_by_fa.html I have been retained to represent two women who allege they were sexually abused by a former priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yarmouth, Father Raoul Deveau. Anna Maria Tremonti of CBC’s The Current, interviewed one of my clients.... Priest Abuse John McKiggan 2010-01-21T14:35:33-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2010/01/john_mckiggan_on_cover_of_cana.html This months cover story in Canadian Lawyer magazine is about Ron Martin's class action against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish. You can read the story online.... Antigonish Diocese Class Action John McKiggan 2010-01-04T15:08:17-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2009/12/cornwall_inquiry_finds_systemi.html Justice Normand Glaude has released his report in the Cornwall Inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse. Justice Glaude said during a press conference that: “Institutions were ill equipped to deal with allegations about their own employees…institutions tend to try to... Child Abuse John McKiggan 2009-12-18T10:28:24-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2009/12/newfoundland_diocese_agrees_to.html Priest Convicted of Sexual Abuse 20 years Ago More than 20 years ago Father James Hickey was convicted of sexually abusing a number of alter boys in the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Johns, Newfoundland. Since then, the boys, now... Child Abuse John McKiggan 2009-12-15T10:25:13-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2009/12/pope_outraged_by_irish_sexual.html Pope Benedict XVI has issued a statement saying he"shares the outrage, betrayal and shame felt by so many of the faithful in Ireland (over) these heinous crimes," over reports that church leaders in Ireland covered up sexual abuse by priests... Child Abuse John McKiggan 2009-12-15T09:49:42-04:00 http://www.sexualabuseclaimsblog.com/2009/12/antigonish_class_action_to_mov.html Class Action Deadline December 4, 2009 was an important deadline under the class action settlement agreement reached with the Diocese of Antigonish. If anyone opted out of the class action settlement on or before December 4, 2009, the Diocese had... Child Abuse John McKiggan 2009-12-11T12:24:56-04:00