Miscellaneous

• Albert LeBlanc pleads guilty to sexual abuse. Will other survivors break their silence?

  John McKiggan | May 18, 2012 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsHalifax, NS

  This week Albert LeBlanc, a former priest from the catholic Diocese of Yarmouth pleaded guilty to sexually abusing 6 young boys (now grown men) in the 1970's and 1980's. LeBlanc is facing...

• Former Boy Scout Leader Facing More Sexual Abuse Charges

  John McKiggan | May 11, 2012 2:35 PM | 12 CommentsHalifax, NS

  Ontario Provincial Police have laid more sexual abuse charges against former Boy Scout leader and Anglican priest, Ralph Rowe. Rowe is charged with five counts of sexual assault and two...

• Toddlers and Hot Cars Can Be a Deadly Combination

  John McKiggan | May 10, 2012 9:28 AM | 2 CommentsHalifax, NS

  Just last week, The Windsor Star reported that a mother left an eighteen-month old toddler and a five-month old infant locked in a car in a parking lot while mom shopping. The temperature that...

• More Needs to Be Done in Nova Scotia to Protect Children Against Cyberbullying

  John McKiggan | May 09, 2012 9:46 AM | 4 CommentsHalifax, NS

  Nova Scotia’s Cyberbullying Task Force recently released its recommendations. The Report contains some valuable data and some strong recommendations to help protect children against...

• John McKiggan included in 2012 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory

  John McKiggan | May 01, 2012 3:02 PM | 0 CommentsHalifax, NS

  I've learned that I have been included in this years Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory. It's an honour because unlike some directories you can't nominate yourself or pay to be...

• Incest Survivor Waits Too Long to Sue – Claim Struck-Out

  John McKiggan | April 25, 2012 3:16 PM | 0 CommentsHalifax, NS

  Historical sexual abuse claims can be complicated and difficult to prove for many reasons; the abuse happened long ago, witnesses may have died, records are destroyed and memories fade. ...

• Scouts Canada Admits Not Reporting Abuse Claims: Hundreds of potential claims being investigated.

  John McKiggan | February 17, 2012 10:17 AM | 0 CommentsHalifax, NS

  After issuing a blanket apology to former Scouts who were sexually abused and claiming that every single allegation of sexual misconduct was reported to authorities, Scouts Canada has now...

• Molest a Child - Get Paid by the Government:Greece Defines Pedophilia as a Disability

  John McKiggan | January 18, 2012 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsHalifax, NS

  In what has to be one of the most stunning examples in history of government incompetence, Greece has decided that pedophiles are not sexual deviants but in fact are just suffering from a...

• Court to Rule on Repressed Memory in Sexual Abuse Cases

  John McKiggan | January 16, 2012 3:14 PM | 2 CommentsHalifax, NS

  Sexual abuse victims often struggle for years with memories of the traumatic abuse they suffered as children. In some cases, the experiences are so traumatic that they block out (or repress) the...

• ACTIONS WITH CLASS:  ATLANTIC CLASS ACTION SYMPOSIUM @ SCHULICH SCHOOL OF LAW

  John McKiggan | January 12, 2012 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsHalifax, NS

  I am pleased that I have been asked to present at the first annual Atlantic Class Action Symposium at my alma mater, Dalhousie law School (now the Schulich School of Law). The confence...