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The Winter Commission was a diocesan commission appointed in May 1989 by
Alphonsus Liguori Penney Archbishop Alphonsus Liguori Penney (17 September 1924 – 12 December 2017) was a Canadian Catholic priest who was Archbishop of St. John's from 1979 to 1991. He was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. Sexual abuse scandal The Winter Commission wa ...
, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of St. Johns, to conduct hearings surrounding the
Mount Cashel The Mount Cashel Orphanage, known locally as the Mount Cashel Boys' Home, was a boys' orphanage located in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The orphanage was operated by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, and became infamous for ...
abuse affairs. The commission headed by former
Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador The lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador () is the viceregal representative in Newfoundland and Labrador of the , who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as w ...
Gordon Arnaud Winter Gordon Arnaud Winter, (October 6, 1912 – August 1, 2003) was the sixth lieutenant governor of Newfoundland from 1974 to 1981. In 1974, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1989, he headed the Winter Commission, the diocesa ...
, a member of the
Anglican Church of Canada The Anglican Church of Canada (ACC or ACoC) is the Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion in Canada. The official French-language name is ''l'Église anglicane du Canada''. In 2017, the Anglican Church co ...
. It conducted hearings in churches across the province, commencing on June 11, 1989. Its final report, submitted in 1990, was entitled ''The report of the Archdiocesan Commission of Enquiry into the Sexual Abuse of Children by Members of the Clergy''. Archbishop Penney resigned following the release of the commission's report, which placed some of the blame for cover-ups of the abuse on him.Sexual abuse by Catholic clergy : the Canadian situation
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Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Canada Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Canada are well documented dating back to the 1960s. The preponderance of criminal cases with Canadian Catholic dioceses named as defendants that have surfaced since the 1980s strongly indicate that these cases ...
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Religious abuse Religious abuse is abuse administered under the guise of religion, including harassment or humiliation, which may result in psychological trauma. Religious abuse may also include misuse of religion for selfish, secular, or ideological ends such as ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland The Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland ( la, Archidioecesis Sancti Ioannis Terrae Novae) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is the metropol ...
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Sexual abuse cases in the Congregation of Christian Brothers The sexual abuse scandal in the Congregation of Christian Brothers is a major chapter in the series of Catholic sex abuse cases in various Western jurisdictions. Abuse by country Australia In Australia, there were allegations that during the 1970s ...
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Sexual abuse in St. John's archdiocese Several cases of sexual abuse in St. John's archdiocese have been reported, starting in 1988. It is an important chapter in the series of clerical abuse affairs that occurred in the dioceses of Canada. James Hickey affair In September 1988, Fr. J ...


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Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals in Canada Academic literature about Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals Child sexual abuse in Canada 1990 in Canada 1990 in Christianity Canadian commissions and inquiries {{Newfoundland-stub