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VOCM News Evening Update September 23rd · VOCM On Demand

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  Speaker 1: Local News Now, a VOCM News Update. I'm Brian Medore.
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  Speaker 1: A local law firm has filed class action claims against
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  Speaker 1: government for physical abuse against students by members of the
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  Speaker 1: Irish Christian Brothers. Lawyer Bob Buckingham says the lawsuits have
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  Speaker 1: been made possible by changes to the legislation made a
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  Speaker 1: couple of years ago that removed the limitation period on
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  Speaker 1: cases involving physical abuse. The cases involve schools where Irish
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  Speaker 1: Christian brothers taught, including Mount Cashel, St. Patrick's Hall, Brother Rice, St. Bon, St. Francis,
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  Speaker 1: and Holy Cross.
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  Speaker 2: Prior to 2024, if you were physically abused in schools,
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  Speaker 2: you could not file a claim. If you were sexually abused,
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  Speaker 2: then you could because there's no limitation period. So we
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  Speaker 2: had a change in legislation back in 2024. That has
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  Speaker 2: now permitted us to move ahead with these physical abuse claims.
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  Speaker 1: He says the claims are against the provincial government.
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  Speaker 2: The government in our position is responsible for not pursuing
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  Speaker 2: good faith investigations through the police and failing to act
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  Speaker 2: on the issues, failing to provide proper child welfare care
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  Speaker 2: for these kids and failing to warn parents and failing
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  Speaker 2: to remove kids from dangerous situations. And so we're going
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  Speaker 2: to pursue these cases. These cases go way beyond what
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  Speaker 2: was considered at the time appropriate physical discipline.
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  Speaker 1: Police in Lab West seeking the public's help as they
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  Speaker 1: investigate a fire in Wabush last month. Officers responded to
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  Speaker 1: a fire set in the pan of a truck parked
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  Speaker 1: outside the Wabush Hotel on the night of August 14th.
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  Speaker 1: Hotel guests put out the fire. There was no damage
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  Speaker 1: to the truck. RNC seeking any witnesses or video footage
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  Speaker 1: from the area between 8 and 9 o'clock on Friday,
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  Speaker 1: August 14th. Anybody with info asked to contact the authorities.
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  Speaker 1: A mother in St. John's has been reunited with her
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  Speaker 1: young daughter who had been taken to Egypt by her father.
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  Speaker 1: The OCM's Linda Swain reports.
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  Speaker 3: An arrest warrant for the child's father was issued by
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  Speaker 3: the RNC one year ago after he picked up the
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  Speaker 3: five-year-old and took her back to his native Egypt. The
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  Speaker 3: little girl's mother, Bushra Marboui, traveled to Egypt to try
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  Speaker 3: to track her daughter down and bring her back to St.
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  Speaker 3: John's with the help of some local supporters. According to
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  Speaker 3: a release issued to VOCM News, the family acknowledges the
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  Speaker 3: help of Egypt's Ministry of Justice and is asking for
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  Speaker 3: continued cooperation as remaining legal and travel matters are resolved.
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  Speaker 3: The Executive Director of Violence Prevention Avalon East, Olivia Lynch,
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  Speaker 3: says they're continuing to support Bushra and are keeping the
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  Speaker 3: community informed through the process. The child's mother is also
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  Speaker 3: offering her thanks to the many Newfoundlanders and Labradorians who
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  Speaker 3: have helped her through the ordeal.
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  Speaker 1: Bay Roberts RCMP have identified a child shown in a
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  Speaker 1: recent video circulating on social media who was assaulted by
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  Speaker 1: other students. Police say the victim is being supported by
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  Speaker 1: them and the school community. An investigation is underway. RCMP
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  Speaker 1: urge anybody who witnessed the incident, including those who filmed
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  Speaker 1: the altercation, to contact the Bay Roberts Detachment. I'm Brian Medore.