Limiting the Legal Liability of Religious Institutions for their Clergy: Cavanaugh v. Grenville Christian College

M.H. Ogilvie

Dalhousie Law Journal2016article
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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to explore the case law relating to the potential legal liability of ecclesiastical institutions for the conduct of their clergy and lay employees in the tort of negligence, vicarious liability and breach of fiduciary duty. While a number of cases have resulted in findings of liability, especially in those relating to the Indian residential schools, a recent decision from the Ontario Court of Appeal, Cavanaugh v. Grenville Christian College, suggests ways of thinking about the limits and scope of liability for institutions whose charitable purposes are occasionally betrayed by rogue persons over whom they may have little control. Cet article a pour objectif d’examiner la jurisprudence sur la responsabilite legale potentielle des institutions ecclesiastiques pour la conduite de leurs membres et de leurs employes laics dans les delits de negligence, dans les affaires de responsabilite du fait d’autrui et de manquement a l’obligation fiduciaire. Quoique de nombreux jugements, en particulier ceux qui ont trait aux pensionnats autochtones, ont conclu a la responsabilite des institutions, une decision recente de la Cour d’appel de l’Ontario, Cavanaugh v. Grenville Christian College, suggere des pistes de reflexion sur l’ampleur et les limites de la responsabilite pour les institutions dont les objectifs caritatifs sont parfois trahis par des delinquants sur qui elles peuvent n’avoir que peu de controle.

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@article{m.h.2016,
  title        = {{Limiting the Legal Liability of Religious Institutions for their Clergy: Cavanaugh v. Grenville Christian College}},
  author       = {M.H. Ogilvie},
  journal      = {Dalhousie Law Journal},
  year         = {2016},
}

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