The English Wikipedia article on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish abuse scandal, citing CBC News and the Globe and Mail, recording the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia's 10 September 2009 approval of the class action settlement, the diocese's eventual completed payout of 15 million dollars to 125 claimants by 2012, and the diocese's sale of parish properties, liquidation of church bank accounts and 6.5 million dollar loan from private lenders to complete the payment.
Facts
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Reliability tier 2: a tertiary encyclopedia summary directly citing CBC News and the Globe and Mail for the completed payout total and claimant count, used here only for the figures those two independent Canadian outlets themselves reported, corroborated by the contemporaneous Newswire.ca release on the approved fund structure. NotesTier 2: the source for the 15 million dollar completed payout, the 125 claimant count and the diocese's financing of the payout, cross checked against the contemporaneous Newswire.ca release on the approved fund structure.
Citation
PublisherWikipedia (citing CBC News and the Globe and Mail)
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_scandal_in_the_Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Antigonish
Source Typeencyclopedia
Cross-Tradition Connections
Associated With
This source names Antigonish directly: "on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish abuse scandal, citing CBC News and the Globe and Mail, recording the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia's 10 September 2009 approval of the class action..."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
Well-attested
9Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
General References
1Abuse Inquiries and Response Policies
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.