Supreme Court of Canada Says Jesuit’s Insurers Don’t Need to Defend Sexual Abuse Claims

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Recently, the Supreme Court of Canada issued their decision in the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada v. Guardian Insurance Co. of Canada case, concluding that the Guardian Insurance company was under no duty to defend the Jesuit Fathers of Upper Canada against claims of sexual abuse. The Jesuits operated and administered an Indian residential school…