Close to half of Ukrainian refugees in Germany hope to stay
Berlin, GermanyReuters Of the more than one million Ukrainian refugees who came to Germany to escape the war, 44 per cent would like to stay in the country, according to a survey published on Wednesday. This was higher than the 39 per cent of Ukrainian refugees who said they were planning to stay in a […]
Canada settles residential school reparations class action for $C2.8 billion
Reuters Canada has reached an agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit, seeking compensation for the loss of language and culture brought on by Indian residential schools, for $C2.8 billion. Children’s shoes are pictured outside the Mohawk Institute, a residential school for indigenous children that operated for 136 years, during the planting of commemorative apple trees […]
Boston pays out $US2.1 to settle Christian flag legal case
Boston, US AP The city of Boston has agreed to pay more than $US2.1 million to the Christian legal organisation that backed a court challenge after the city refused to fly a Christian flag outside City Hall, a case that made it all the way to the US Supreme Court. The settlement announced Tuesday by […]
In the US, New Jersey diocese agrees to $US87.5 million deal to settle sex abuse suits
Trenton, New Jersey AP A New Jersey Catholic diocese has agreed to pay $US87.5 million to settle claims involving clergy sex abuse with some 300 alleged victims in one of the largest cash settlements involving the Catholic Church in the United States. The agreement between the Diocese of Camden, which encompasses six counties in southern […]
Chicago Archdiocese settles sexual abuse suit for $US880,000
Chicago, USAP Two men who said they were sexually molested decades ago by a notorious Catholic priest who was imprisoned for molesting other boys have agreed to a settlement of $US880,000 from the Archdiocese of Chicago, attorneys announced Wednesday. The men alleged Norbert Maday sexually abused them repeatedly starting when they were as young as […]
Canada proposes to settle Indigenous lawsuit after discovery of children’s remains
Toronto/Vancouver, CanadaReuters Canada has reached a proposed settlement with a group of Indigenous survivors of the now-defunct residential schools for the abuse they suffered, a federal minister said on Wednesday, ending a 14-year fight for justice. The settlement comes as the government is scrambling to deal with a national outcry after the remains of 215 […]