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| | The Globe and Mail: Ottawa, United Church must pay for abuse |
 | | The federal government currently pays 70 per cent in out-of-court settlements of Port Alberni suits, with the church paying 30 per cent, but similar suits are pending over schools run by the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian churches. |
 | | If you believe in the principal of vicarious liability, which finds the church culpable for the actions of its employee, then the government, which owned the school and had to approve the appointment of the principal of the school, and at times was also responsible for other hiring, is also vicariously liable. |
 | | In the Alberni case, at least, the abuser was a school teacher, not a minister and certainly not a priest. |
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