An Ontario law firm, Ledroit Beckett Litigation Lawyers, which has a Canada-wide focus on representing victims of sexual abuse is holding a press conference in Halifax on Wednesday at which time it is expected the firm will outline allegations of sexual assault committed against boys by Father Adolphe LeBlanc who was parish priest in Wedgeport, Yarmouth County in the 1940s and 50s.
The law firm placed advertisements in the Yarmouth Vanguard last year about the matter, after having been contacted by a man in Ontario, and heard from other men who claimed they were abused by LeBlanc, who is deceased, when they were young boys.
It is alleged the abuse took place on church property, in the priest’s car and at a cottage.
Three alleged victims are parties in the lawsuit, two of them live in Ontario. The lawsuit is against the Diocese of Yarmouth and the Archdiocese of Halifax.
The law firm is hoping to get access to church records to see if church officials of the day knew about the abuse and if they moved the priest to other parishes when the incidents arose.
Fr. LeBlanc was also parish priest in Salmon River.
Ledroit Beckett has sued around 100 Roman Catholic dioceses in Canada on behalf of people who have claimed they were abused.
Law firm launching lawsuit against diocese claiming boys were abused by priest
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