The trauma of a sexual assault or abuse, whether for adults, children, or even family members of the survivor, can leave all parties feeling isolated and hopeless. The Lerners Sexual Assault and Abuse Team wants every survivor and their family to have access to all the resources they need to begin down a path of healing.
The relationship between priests and parishioners is special and unique, and generally involves a high […]
When a teacher sexually assaults a student, it is obvious they are directly responsible for […]
When an individual starts a civil lawsuit, one of the first sacrifices they must make […]
It’s unfortunate that the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) will not hear a case dealing […]
The Supreme Court of Canada has spoken out about the pervasiveness of child sexual abuse […]
Pre-judgment interest (“PJI”) on damages in historical sexual abuse cases involving plaintiffs who seek compensation […]
The Ontario Court of Appeal in its October 25, 2019 decision in MacLeod v. Marshall, 2019 […]
In 2017, Ontario’s legislature passed Bill 96, the Anti-Human Trafficking Act, 2017, which created for the […]
Concluding the sexual abuse and its impacts were “at the upper end of the worst-case […]