Friday, August 30, 2024
Since our August 17, 2023 Litigation Update, Class Counsel, St. Thomas More Collegiate, and others have worked towards a resolution and mediation settlement of this matter. As a school community, we see this as a fundamental and necessary first step in this truth, reconciliation, and healing journey. We are hopeful that the process would have run its course by year-end and a Reconciliation and Healing process can begin.
STMC has also committed to ensuring that we make every reasonable effort to ensure that an agreed upon Opt Out Order is disseminated to students enrolled at any time between 1976-1989 by the following methods:
(a) via any and all alumni portals, websites, or newsletters;
(b) directly to individual former students using any physical address or email address contact information in St. Thomas More Collegiate’s possession, power or control; and
(c) via St. Thomas More Collegiate’s social media accounts.
Formal notice to the members of the Class begins today, August 30, 2024. While our email database is updated regularly, we are ultimately dependent on the information that is provided to us by alumni and parents. Please contact to ensure that we have your name and contact information, and that it is accurate and current.
Again, since served with notice of the Class Action Certification lawsuit in late January 2021, St. Thomas More Collegiate continues to express profound concern and sympathy to anyone who has been impacted in any way by any form of abuse. Moreover, the school recognizes that abuse claims are serious, and should be dealt with carefully, respectfully, and with utmost sensitivity.
Crimes of abuse are tragic, horrific, and have lifelong impacts on victims and those that love them. To that end, STMC has committed – and remains committed – to cooperating fully in this legal process and supporting any survivors of the alleged abuse.
Yours in Christ,
Stephen J Garland
President – STMC
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