Class Action Against les Soeurs de la Charité

Resolved Class Action
Kugler Wechsler obtains a settlement in class action for sexual, physical, and psychological abuse by agents of Mont d’Youville, including by members of the religious order Soeurs de la Charité de Québec, while they were at Mont d’Youville between 1925 and 1996.
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On September 9, 2024, the Superior Court of Québec rendered a judgement approving a $65 million settlement for victims of sexual, physical and psychological abuse suffered at Mont d’Youville.

Class members consisted of “All persons or successions of persons who were victims of sexual abuse and/or physical abuse and/or psychological abuse by agents of Mont d’Youville, including by members of the religious order Soeurs de la Charité de Québec, while they were at Mont d’Youville between 1925 and 1996.  Excluded from the Class are persons who were compensated and who signed a release in the context of the National program of reconciliation with Duplessis orphans who attended certain institutions.”

Class members had until August 31, 2025 to submit a claim.