Cornwall Standard Freeholder
17 June 2010
Posted By QMI Agency
TORONTO – The Cornwall Public Inquiry, a five-year look at the allegations of child sexual abuse and rumours of a pedophile ring here in Cornwall, came with a $50-million price tag.
CBC reports the inquiry, which was established in 2005 to examine public institutions’ response to allegations af abuse, spent $50.2 million by March 15, 2010. The inquiry released its final report in December.
About 60% of the costs went to legal fees for parties at the inquiry, including accused pedophiles, sexual abuse victims and the local Catholic diocese.
In the 1990s, reports of alleged sexual abuse of a former altar boy by a Catholic priest and a probation officer led to a larger-scale investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police.
At least 69 alleged victims came forward. Fifteen men were charged, although only one was convicted. Rumours of a pedophile ring in Cornwall swirled and some people complained about the investigation.
Inquiry commissioner Normand Glaude provided a series of recommendations to the province on how to respond in similar circumstances and how to support healing and reconciliation in the future.
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Comments on this Article.
30 million for legal fees. That’s absurd. I would like to know which Law Firms were involved in this farce of an investigation. These firms should take 50 percent of what they made and deposit it a trust fund for the victims.And don’t get me going about the church. I was an altar boy ST.Jean Bosco when I was younger.
The kid has left the building
Post #1 By Cincinati Kid,
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The money would have been better invested in something for children in need than this inquiry.
Post #2 By thesilentmajority1,
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$50 million to find out diddly squat, oops, I mean the didlers did squat.
Post #3 By iconoclast
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A lot of money was made from the pain of those victims! The court of Public Opinion has made its judgement……
Post #4 By nonbeliever,
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The inquiry did what it was supposed to it exposed the crimes that have been committed and the perpetrators can’t hide their lies anymore.
Post #5 By dodger,
This is the kind of stuff the inquiry exposed read this and tell they are still not out there http://www.ottawasun.com/news/ottawa/2010/06/17/14431066.html
Post #6 By dodger,