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Article: Anglican church eyes BC schools judgment [Alberni Indian Residential School] [British Columbia Court of Appeal]
- Article from:
- Anglican Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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The British Columbia Court of Appeal in mid-December ruled that the federal government is fully liable for abuse suffered by students at Indian residential schools - a decision that could have significant implications for the churches that helped manage the schools.
The five-member court overturned a 1998 ruling by the B.C. Supreme Court that found the federal government 75 per cent liable and the United Church of Canada 25 per cent liable for sexual abuse committed by a dormitory supervisor at the Alberni Indian Residential School on Vancouver Island.
"It's an incredibly important decision. We don't know yet what this judgment fully means and of course we'll have to wait to see if the feds ...