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Article: United Church, feds both liable (for atrocities at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School).
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- July 1, 1998
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PORT ALBERNI, B.C.
British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Donald Brenner has found the federal government and the United Church of Canada vicariously liable -- legally responsible -- for the atrocities suffered by students at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School.
The June 5 decision came after a month-long trial which centered on the actions of convicted pedophile Arthur Henry Plint. During the trial, witnesses also alluded to mental, physical and sexual assaults they suffered at the hands of other school officials.
In his decision, Justice Brenner wrote that while employed as a dormitory supervisor at the ...