By The Canadian Press

$30M settlement offer in Vancouver-area Catholic school abuse class-action lawsuit

Mar 9, 2026 | 9:11 AM

VANCOUVER — Lawyers representing the plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over alleged abuse say former students at two Vancouver-area Catholic schools have received a $30 million settlement offer.

Vancouver-based CFM Lawyers says in a statement that Vancouver College, St. Thomas More Collegiate and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver and the plaintiffs have come to a settlement that is awaiting court approval.

The hearing for approval process starts April 30 in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver.

The statement from the law firm says the defendants also include four Christian Brother.

The lawsuit alleged that the defendants failed to protect students at the schools by allowing the four Christian Brothers with a known history of child abuse to be transferred into teaching positions at the two schools.

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The claim, which said the abuses took place from 1976 to 2013 at Vancouver College and between 1976 to 1989 at St. Thomas More, was certified as class-action in March 2023 by the B.C. Supreme Court.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 9, 2026.

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