Other Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada · 2022

Quebec: Diocese of Chicoutimi settlement pays $13.75 million to more than 150 victims of a single priest, Paul-André Harvey

Record class

Institutional event

Evidence status

Civil finding

Authority role

parish priest

Organization

Diocese of Chicoutimi

Spiritual nexus

Harvey's decades of access to children as a diocesan priest, and the diocese's institutional authority over parish placement, is documented as the mechanism enabling a single priest to victimize more than 150 people within one diocese.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2022-04-04 · settlement finalized

Quebec Superior Court (civil class action). Final settlement text agreed for the class action against the Diocese of Chicoutimi concerning sexual assaults by former priest Paul-André Harvey; the diocese's insurer agreed to pay $13,750,000 to more than 150 identified victims, with the bishop agreeing to issue a formal apology and institute reparative measures.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral authority
institutional access

Primary record

Sources

TJL Avocats, 'Paul-André Harvey et Le Diocèse de Chicoutimi'. Available at: tjl.quebec (Accessed: 19 July 2026).: Case page for the class action against former priest Paul-André Harvey and the Diocese of Chicoutimi, describing the settlement covering victims of Harvey's sexual assaults within the diocese.
Présence (2022) 'Une somme de 14,7 M$ sera versée aux victimes'. Available at: presence-info.ca (Accessed: 19 July 2026).: French original: "Le diocèse de Chicoutimi [a] committ[é] à payer 13,75 M$ à plus de 150 victimes d'un seul prêtre, l'abbé Paul-André Harvey ... Les parties ont convenu du texte final de l'entente de règlement le 4 avril 2022." English gloss: The Diocese of Chicoutimi committed to pay $13.75 million to more than 150 victims of a single priest, Abbé Paul-André Harvey; the parties agreed on the final settlement text on April 4, 2022 — the largest per-priest victim count of any Quebec diocesan settlement to date.

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