Other Christian institutions & contexts Catholic Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada · 2025

Quebec: Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe settlement of $8.94 million approved by Superior Court

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Institutional event

Evidence status

Civil finding

Authority role

clergy, lay employee

Organization

Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe

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The class action and settlement concern sexual assaults committed by clergy and lay employees exercising institutional and pastoral authority within the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe's parishes and schools.

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Proceedings

2025-10-15 · settlement approved

Quebec Superior Court (civil class action). Superior Court judge Martin F. Sheehan approved the settlement agreement in the class action against the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe (filed 2021-10-29, covering alleged abuse from 1940 to the present); the diocese agreed to pay a minimum of $8,940,258 to approximately 40 registered class members.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral authority
institutional access

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Radio-Canada, '15 millions $ en recours collectifs contre des religieux'. Available at: ici.radio-canada.ca (Accessed: 19 July 2026).: French original: "le diocèse de Saint-Hyacinthe [versera] un montant 'minimum' de 8 940 258 $... déposée le 29 octobre 2021 [et] regroupe une quarantaine de présumées victimes." English gloss: The Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe will pay a 'minimum' amount of $8,940,258; the class action was filed October 29, 2021 and groups about forty alleged victims, covering the period 1940 to the present. Judge Martin F. Sheehan approved the Saint-Hyacinthe settlement on 2025-10-15.
Présence, 'Agressions sexuelles: une autre entente de règlement est approuvée'. Available at: presence-info.ca (Accessed: 19 July 2026).: Reports Superior Court approval of the Diocese of Saint-Hyacinthe settlement, part of a wave of Quebec diocesan class-action resolutions.

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Source and tier basis: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2166546/victimes-abus-sexuels-entente-deux-dioceses-quebecois Legacy citation preserved without a normalized source tier or evidentiary-role code. SHA-256 7c0734a79a53fc3fcaee177fc6857dfacbe0716f701781d6eafdbcbd18b45388
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