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Montreal Institute for the Deaf and Mute - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 45°32′08″N 73°37′18″W / 45.53550°N 73.62154°W

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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.^[4]^[5] By 1887,^[6] workshops for teaching the trades such as bookbinding, shoemaking and printing had been built within the school.^[5]

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.^[14] The claims by former students were not legally contested by the Clerics of St Viator.^[15] This led to a settlement in 2016 of $30 million from the Clerics of St Viator and the Raymond Dewar Institute.^[14]^[16] The settlement was the largest settlement ever awarded for a sexual abuse case in Quebec history.^[14]^[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]

References

^ "Montreal school for the deaf's ex-students allege horrific abuses". CBC. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ Carbin, Clifton F.; Smith, Dorothy L. (7 February 2006). "Deaf Culture". Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ Besner, Linda (23 April 2013). "Distinct Society Discovering Montreal's vibrant Deaf culture". The Walrus. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Desjardins, Yves (20 July 2014). "4.2 : La famille Beaubien et l'église du Mile End". Memories of Mile End. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Atherton, William Henry (1914). Montreal, 1535-1914 ... Vol. 2. Chicago. pp. 488–. Archived from the original on 12 November 2008.
^ Legislative Assembly, Ontario (1887). Sessional Papers. pp. 2–.
^ "Il était une fois..." Centre des Loisirs des Sourds de Montréal. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ Rapport. La Société. 1949.
^ Lypny, Natascia (June 2011). "Privatizing Montreal". Spacing Montreal. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Les Clercs de Saint-Viateur, Institution des Sourds-Muets". Ville de Montreal. 26 August 2012. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Réhabilitation - ancienne Institution des sourds-muets" (PDF). Ville de Montreal. Retrieved 25 June 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Historique". raymond-dewar.qc.ca. Government of Quebec. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ John Cornwell (4 March 2014). The Dark Box: A Secret History of Confession. Basic Books. pp. 85–. ISBN 978-0-465-08049-6.
^ ^a ^b ^c Solyom, Catherine (17 February 2016). "Deaf students abused by priests at Clercs de St. Viateur win record $30-million settlement". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ Nguyen, Michael (6 November 2015). "La version des victimes ne sera pas contestée par les Clercs". Le Journal de Montreal. Archived from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ Marin, Stéphanie (18 February 2016). "Les victimes des Clercs de Saint-Viateur se partageront 30 millions". Le Devoir. Retrieved 25 June 2016. Website's URL is excluded from the Wayback Machine and cannot be archived.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
^ "Historic $30M settlement reached in Montreal deaf school sex abuse suit". CBC. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
^ "Centre de la communauté sourde du Montréal métropolitain c. Institut Raymond-Dewar" (PDF). adidem.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ "Indemnisation record dans un dossier d'agressions sexuelles sur mineurs". Radio-Canada. 17 February 2016. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
^ Nguyen, Michaël (17 February 2016). "30 millions pour les 150 sourds agressés sexuellement". TVA-Nouvelles. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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