Anglican-government pact on Indian school suits rejected by Catholics. (Children & Families).OTTAWA -- An agreement between Anglican Church of Canada and the Governement of Canada changes the church's approach to lawsuits for compensation from former Indian residential school students. The federal govenment is using this agreement as a model for negotiations with the United and Presbyterian churches who are facing similar lawsuits. The Church will now approach these lawsuits from former students "as a whole denomination Denomination The stated value found on financial instruments. Notes: This term applies to most financial instruments with monetary values. The denomination for bonds and securities would be face value or par value. , involving all of the dioceses." Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. officals claim that the government is using this agreement to pressure them to go along with the conditions which they find unacceptable. The agreement outlines the way in which the Anglican Church and the federal government will participate in compensating Indian residential school students who suffered sexual and physical abuse at the schools, and provides for compensation to those students who have valid claims. The agreement-in-principle, which still needs to be ratified rat·i·fy tr.v. rat·i·fied, rat·i·fy·ing, rat·i·fies To approve and give formal sanction to; confirm. See Synonyms at approve. by the Church's 30 independent dioceses across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. includes: * payment of 70 percent by Canada and 30 percent by the Church for all validated val·i·date tr.v. val·i·dat·ed, val·i·dat·ing, val·i·dates 1. To declare or make legally valid. 2. To mark with an indication of official sanction. 3. claims to a maximum Church contribution of $25 million, * the establishment by the Church of a separate corporation for a Settlement Fund to pay compensation to survivors of sexual and physical abuse and the delivery of 100 percent of compensation to former students of Anglican residential schools with validated claims. Spokespersons for the Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. Conference of Catholic Bishops claimed that the government plans to settle with other churches first and "then wedge us into a position we'd rather not be in." The Council is willing to assist the govenment in negotiating with Catholic groups facing litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. . "We offered to facilitate discussions with those individual groups and the government didn't respond," Sister Marie Zarowny, a senior Catholic negotiator, said. "They've said they only want pan-denominational talks." |
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