The Yukon government has spent $2.5 million on settling approximately 40 sexual abuse lawsuits since 2000, the territory’s justice minister revealed in a statement. and found that the settlements often involved confidentiality agreements preventing the victims from talking about the settlements. The Yukon News has since identified at least one more sexual abuse case involving another government-affiliated official settled in a similar fashion. “Some cases have been dismissed or discontinued, and most have been settled.… Settlements are tailored to the individual circumstances of each case, therefore not all settlement amounts are the same,” McPhee said. The payouts would include the territorial government’s payments, money paid by insurers and, in some cases, the plaintiff’s legal costs, the statement says.

Source: thestar November 01, 2017 22:07 UTC