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The Archdiocese of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp 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.

Nearly 300 victims — or their surviving loved ones — who suffered abuse at Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp, N.L., during the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s, or by Archdiocese of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp clergy, will receive the initial disbursement of their long-awaited monetary restitution before the end of this month.

The Archdiocese of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp 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.

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.

More than 350 people have stepped forward with a claim of being sexually abused by the Christian Brothers of Ireland at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in the 1940s through ’60s or by Archdiocese of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp clergy over time.

More than 150 survivors of abuse at the hands of the Christian Brothers of Ireland at the Mount Cashel orphanage in the 1940s through ’60s, and Archdiocese of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp clergy over the years, have applied for a financial settlement from the archdiocese.

A recent tentative agreement struck in a St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp courtroom will transfer control over 32 schools on the Avalon and Burin peninsulas from the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp (RCESJ) to the Newfoundland and Labrador government.

Dozens of survivors of abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s will receive compensation from the Archdiocese of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp beginning in the fall.

A Jan. 12 decision by the Newfoundland Labrador Supreme Court is expected to solidify and focus the compensation claims process for the victims of abuse at the Mount Cashel Orphanage in St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. 

With the sale of church properties in the greater St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp area almost complete, the Newfoundland archdiocese is now eyeing the sale of some of its rural properties to compensate abuse survivors from the Mount Cashel Orphanage.

Parishioners of Holy Trinity Parish in Torbay, N.L., are teaming with the Archdiocese of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Archdiocesan Renewal Corporation (ARC) to raise $450,000 to secure ownership of their house of worship. 

As the reality of losing their parishes comes to fruition, Catholics in Newfoundland are feeling a wide array of emotions.

The Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador has ratified the sale of 43 properties owned by the Roman Catholic Episcopal Corporation of St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp, including 12 parish churches, with dozens more looming.

The Catholic Church presence in St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp, Nfld., is set to shrink significantly come autumn after at least four parish communities had their churches sold from underneath them to compensate Mount Cashel abuse victims, with possibly more to close.

The iconic Basilica Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. JohnöÏÓãÊÓƵapp, Nfld., is poised to remain a sacred place of worship for Catholics for years to come.