Man sues over alleged abuse at residential school, youth jail
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WINNIPEG — A man who alleges he was sexually abused as a child by a priest at the Brandon residential school and by a worker at the youth jail in Portage la Prairie is suing the provincial and federal governments.
The Indigenous man, now 68, accuses them of failing to protect him from abuse, in a lawsuit filed in the Court of King’s Bench last week.
“The plaintiff was dependent upon institutional authorities for his care, custody, supervision, protection and safety and was particularly vulnerable to abuse by adults placed in positions of authority over him,” the suit says.
The man, who is not being identified due to the nature of the allegations, is seeking unspecified damages as well as costs for future care.
The governments have not yet replied to the claim in court with statements of defence.
The man alleges he was separated from his family and community in the fall of 1968 at age 10 and sent to the Brandon Indian Residential School, which was overseen by the federal government.
He claims a priest who worked at the school, who is not identified by name in the court filing, repeatedly sexually assaulted him and physically abused him. In one incident, his eardrum was ruptured.
It’s unclear, based on the lawsuit, how long he attended the school and over what time period the alleged abuse occurred. The school closed in 1972.
Later, from May 1974 through September 1976, he was detained at the Manitoba Home for Boys in Portage la Prairie, which was a provincially run youth jail and training facility later renamed the Agassiz Youth Centre. The province closed the facility in 2022.
The lawsuit claims a night supervisor sexually assaulted him numerous times while he was confined to a bed in his dormitory.
The lawsuit accuses the governments of negligence and breaching their duty of care.
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