October 1, 1999 Church on hook for abuse

One Canadian Anglican diocese may declare bankruptcy and a second is facing "grave" financial difficulties as lawsuits over Native residential schools progress through the courts. The Diocese of Cariboo is considering...

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October 1, 1999 Church, school officials must have known of rampant evil, judge says

Besides the somewhat dry legal discussions of vicarious liability and the relative responsibilities of the Anglican Church and the federal government in the victim's abuse, Justice Janice Dillon's 106-page decision also documents...

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October 1, 1999 New clergy screened more tightly

Not so long ago, it seems that clergy sex offenders could abuse their victims with near impunity. Clergy were respected pillars of their community and their young charges could hardly imagine naming them as sexual offenders. Nor...

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October 1, 1999 Ottawa owned St. George's but church ran it, judge concludes

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon delved into the history of Anglican missions in exploring the church's argument that the federal government should bear the lion's share of the responsibility for Floyd Mowatt's abuse. ...

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October 1, 1999 Langs' pain 'will always be there'

Rev. Dale Lang may be the best-known Anglican priest in Canada. While he says he would not have chosen the notoriety - even aside from the fact that it took the shooting death of his 17-year-old son Jason to achieve it - Mr....

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October 1, 1999 Primate performed Clarkson wedding

At the news conference announcing Adrienne Clarkson as the country's next governor-general, media reported her as coy about her recent marriage to her long-time partner John Ralston Saul. "We've been married a short enough...

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October 1, 1999 ARCIC document 'vision of future reality'

The senior Anglican of an international ecumenical group with Roman Catholics is urging critics to get beyond emotions and look at the "nuances" of a recent document suggesting the pope should be the head of both churches. ...

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October 1, 1999 Getting the word out, for a price

Toronto With both of them in the same business of getting the word out, some Canadian churches and cellular phone companies are entering into agreements where churches lease their steeples and land for communications...

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October 1, 1999 Indigenous Anglicans get together

Toronto Six Canadian indigenous Anglicans were to leave for Lihue, Hawaii in early September to join counterparts from New Zealand, Australia and the United States for the fifth meeting of the Anglican Indigenous Network. ...

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October 1, 1999 Theologian convicted of sex offences in U.S.

A noted theologian and lecturer who pleaded guilty to two sexual abuse charges involving a young boy should not be "tarred in a sexual context" says the dean of the Diocese of Calgary. Dr. Lynn Bauman, 57, pleaded guilty in...

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