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5 November 2018

‘You try to forget’: Man remembers alleged abuse at St. Joseph’s Oratory

A week before the Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear arguments over whether Montreal’s St. Joseph’s Oratory should be included in a sexual assault class action suit, one alleged victim is speaking out for the first time about the abuse he remembers suffering at the iconic institution. Pierre-Yves Asselin, now 68, says he was repeatedly sexually abused — between the ages of 8 and 17 — at the hands of oratory staff and members of the Congregation of Holy Cross.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/it-always-comes-back-to-you-man-speaks-out-about-alleged-sexual-abuse-at-st-josephs-oratory