Canada: Mount Cashel superintendent convicted of assaulting seven boys in his care
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Evidence status
Convicted
Authority role
superintendent of Mount Cashel Orphanage (Christian Brother)
Organization
Mount Cashel Orphanage
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The victims were orphanage residents under the superintendent's absolute custodial and religious authority.
- Institutional obedience or isolation
- Pastoral or clerical authority
Evidence structure
Proceedings
1991-01-01 · conviction and sentence
Newfoundland courts, Canada. Douglas Kenny, superintendent of Mount Cashel Orphanage from 1971 to 1976, was convicted on seven counts of indecent assault against seven boys in his direct custodial care and sentenced to five years — one of nine Christian Brothers convicted between 1989 and 1993 for abuse at the orphanage, with sentences from one to thirteen years.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- total custodial and disciplinary authority over resident boys
Cited record
Sources
- national public broadcaster verdict report CBC News, coverage of the Mount Cashel prosecutions and convictions (1989–1993).
Reports Kenny's conviction and the wider conviction set.
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- https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mount-cashel-brothers-convictions-1.5100662 Corpus classification: national-public-broadcaster; evidentiary role: verdict-report.
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