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Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish (Wikipedia)

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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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
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.
Notes
Tier 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
Publisher
Wikipedia (citing CBC News and the Globe and Mail)
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_abuse_scandal_in_the_Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Antigonish
Source Type
encyclopedia
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Antigonish, Cities

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..."

Source Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish (Wikipedia)
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)

This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 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, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.
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