$25 million lawsuit filed alleging abuse and sexual assault from Sask. school
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The 32-page document lists other instances that the plaintiffs alleged resulted in paddling or physical or sexual assault.
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A class action lawsuit for $25 million has been launched alleging that Mile Two Church Inc., who operated Legacy Christian Academy, located in Saskatoon, as well as a church, and a list of 21 named defendants, physically and sexually abused students prior to 2005.
That’s according to a court document that was released Tuesday, with former students Caitlin Erickson and Coy Nolin listed as the plaintiffs.
The document alleges that Erickson, Nolin, and other members of the church or students received psychological, mental, emotional, and spiritual harm, as well as physical or sexual assault or battery from the named defendants.
“Aaron Benneweis, a director of athletics at the School, engaged in sexual relationships with students and minor adherents and congregants of the Church,” claimed the document.
“Nathan Schultz, a worker of the Church, induced female minor adherents and congregants of the Church to, during Sunday School, to go with him to the bathroom where he would put candy on his penis and have the girl take the candy with her hands or mouth. On some occasions he cut the pockets out of his pants, and told the girls to reach into the pockets and ‘see what surprise I have for you.'”
It claimed that other employees, agents and representatives of Mile Two Church Inc. engaged in sexual relationships or sexual fondling of students or churchgoers as well.
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