News & Updates
A collection of news and internal articles shared regarding the latest updates in discovery, truth, and reconciliation surrounding residential schools.
Trial stayed against 98-year-old nun accused of historic sex crimes at residential and day schools
The trial of an Ottawa nun accused of sex crimes at northern Ontario residential and day schools in the 1960s and 1970s will not proceed after a stay of proceedings was granted due to evidence issues. Francoise Seguin, 98, is the third nun and eighth worker overall to face criminal charges in relation to abuse at St. Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont. Seguin, of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, appeared on on three counts of gross indecency, a historic sexual assault offence, Tuesday in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Cochrane, Ont. Assistant Crown attorney Sonia Beauchamp requested a stay of proceedings, citing difficulty getting necessary evidence…