They say they suffered ‘cruel and sadistic’ abuse as kids at Ontario training schools — and the government paid them to keep quiet
Students sent to residential training schools took courses that followed the regular Ontario curriculum, such as English, Math, Science and Shop class. Men are not supposed to be victims.”Toronto lawyer Loretta Merritt has represented dozens of former training school residents, mostly men. There have been some criminal investigations into sexual abuse allegations at non-religious training schools, but with little result. The numbers for the remaining four training schools profiled by the Globe weren’t much better. The former site of Pine Ridge, which opened in 1925 as the Bowmanville Boys' Training School, now sits derelict.
Source: thestar December 08, 2017 11:03 UTC
