Montreal Institute for the Deaf and Mute explained

The Montreal Institute for the Deaf and Mute was a boarding school operated by the Clercs de Saint-Viateur (English: Clerics of St Viator) between 1848 and 1983 in Montreal, Quebec.[1]

History

The Montreal Institute for the Deaf was founded as L'Institut catholique des Sourds-Muets[2] (The Catholic School for Deaf Boys) in 1848[3] in Faubourg, Quebec, a neighbourhood in the northeastern corner of Montreal.[4] In 1850, the Institute moved to the Mile End area, at the corner of Boulevard St-Joseph and Rue Saint Dominique in Montreal. By 1887,[5] workshops for teaching the trades such as bookbinding, shoemaking and printing had been built within the school.[6]

In the 1921, the Institute moved[7] to a new building at 7400 Boulevard Saint-Laurent[8] in Montreal.[9] The building is now listed as a heritage building by the City of Montreal.[10]

In 1983, the Institute ceased teaching at the 7400 Boulevard Saint-Laurent location.[11]

The following year, the Institut catholique des Sourds-Muets changed its name to L'Institut Raymond-Dewar (English: The Raymond Dewar Institute).[12]

Sexual abuse settlement

In 2012, 60 former students of the Institute filed a class action suit claiming they were sexually abused by priests in the school.[13] The initial class action was joined by other former students, bringing the total number of plaintiffs claiming abuse to 150 students with claims of abuse ranging between 1942 and 1982. The claims by former students were not legally contested by the Clerics of St Viator.[14] This led to a settlement in 2016 of $30 million from the Clerics of St Viator and the Raymond Dewar Institute.[15] [16] The settlement was the largest settlement ever awarded for a sexual abuse case in Quebec history.[17] The settlement, authorized in the Superior Court of Quebec, provided for a payment of $20 million from the Canadian Clerics of St. Viator, and $10 million from the Raymond Dewar Institute, the name the school adopted in 1984.[18] [19] [20]

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Montreal school for the deaf's ex-students allege horrific abuses . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205044851/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-school-for-the-deaf-s-ex-students-allege-horrific-abuses-1.1251456 . 5 December 2023 . 24 June 2016 . CBC.
  2. Web site: Carbin . Clifton F. . Smith . Dorothy L. . 7 February 2006 . Deaf Culture . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610004329/https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/deaf-culture . 10 June 2023 . 24 June 2016 . Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. Web site: Besner. Linda. Distinct Society Discovering Montreal's vibrant Deaf culture. The Walrus. 23 April 2013 . 24 June 2016.
  4. Web site: Desjardins . Yves . 20 July 2014 . 4.2 : La famille Beaubien et l'église du Mile End . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205044819/http://memoire.mile-end.qc.ca/en/4-2-la-famille-beaubien-et-leglise-du-mile-end/ . 5 December 2023 . 24 June 2016 . Memories of Mile End.
  5. Book: Sessional Papers. 1887. 2–. Legislative Assembly . Ontario .
  6. Book: Atherton, William Henry . Montreal, 1535-1914 ... . Chicago . 1914 . 2 . 488– . https://archive.org/details/montreal02athe . 12 November 2008.
  7. Web site: Il était une fois... . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112220130/http://www.clsm.biz/historique.html . 12 November 2016 . 24 June 2016 . Centre des Loisirs des Sourds de Montréal.
  8. Book: Rapport. 1949. La Société.
  9. Web site: Lypny . Natascia . June 2011 . Privatizing Montreal . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817231848/http://spacing.ca/montreal/2011/06/01/privatizing-montreal/ . 17 August 2016 . 24 June 2016 . Spacing Montreal.
  10. Web site: 26 August 2012 . Les Clercs de Saint-Viateur, Institution des Sourds-Muets . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160818233610/http://patrimoine.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inventaire/fiche_bat.php?batiment=oui&id_bat=7543-27-5738-01 . 18 August 2016 . 24 June 2016 . Ville de Montreal.
  11. Web site: Réhabilitation - ancienne Institution des sourds-muets. Ville de Montreal. 25 June 2016.
  12. Web site: Historique. raymond-dewar.qc.ca. Government of Quebec. 24 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505182337/http://raymond-dewar.qc.ca/profil/historique-langue-des-signes/. 5 May 2016. dead.
  13. Book: John Cornwell. The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession. 4 March 2014. Basic Books. 978-0-465-08049-6. 85–.
  14. Web site: Nguyen . Michael . 6 November 2015 . La version des victimes ne sera pas contestée par les Clercs . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231205044819/https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/11/06/la-version-des-victimes-ne-sera-pas-contestee-par-les-clercs . 5 December 2023 . 25 June 2016 . Le Journal de Montreal.
  15. Web site: Solyom . Catherine . 17 February 2016 . Deaf students abused by priests at Clercs de St. Viateur win record $30-million settlement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240102211212/https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/deaf-students-abused-by-priests-at-clercs-de-st-viateur-win-record-30-million-settlement . 2 January 2024 . 24 June 2016 . Montreal Gazette.
  16. Web site: Marin . Stéphanie . 18 February 2016 . Les victimes des Clercs de Saint-Viateur se partageront 30 millions . 25 June 2016 . Le Devoir . . Website's URL is excluded from the Wayback Machine and cannot be archived..
  17. Web site: 17 February 2016 . Historic $30M settlement reached in Montreal deaf school sex abuse suit . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161128181551/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/st-viateur-historic-settlement-reached-clerics-1.3451930 . 28 November 2016 . 24 June 2016 . CBC.
  18. Web site: Centre de la communauté sourde du Montréal métropolitain c. Institut Raymond-Dewar . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160812161244/http://www.adidem.org/images/b/b4/2012qccs2454.pdf . 12 August 2016 . 25 June 2016 . adidem.org.
  19. Web site: 17 February 2016 . Indemnisation record dans un dossier d'agressions sexuelles sur mineurs . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190403062449/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/765697/reglement-agressions-sexuelles-institution-sourds . 3 April 2019 . 25 June 2016 . Radio-Canada.
  20. Web site: Nguyen . Michaël . 17 February 2016 . 30 millions pour les 150 sourds agressés sexuellement . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160218094058/https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2016/02/17/les-clercs-de-saint-viateur-et-linstitut-raymond-dewar-verseront-30-millions--aux-victimes-dagressions-sexuelles . 18 February 2016 . 25 June 2016 . TVA-Nouvelles.

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