{"id":30630,"date":"2022-01-14T16:42:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wagners1.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/press-release-january-12-2022-action-filed-against-school-board-for-teachers-historical-abuse\/"},"modified":"2022-01-14T16:42:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T16:42:48","slug":"press-release-january-12-2022-action-filed-against-school-board-for-teachers-historical-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagners.co\/fr\/blog\/press-release-january-12-2022-action-filed-against-school-board-for-teachers-historical-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE \u2013 January 12, 2022 - ACTION FILED AGAINST SCHOOL BOARD FOR TEACHER\u2019S HISTORICAL ABUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\nOn September 22, 2021, the Province of Nova Scotia was given notice of an impending action against the Halifax Regional Centre for Education (the \u201cHRCE\u201d) arising from years of sexual abuse perpetrated by long-time employee and elementary school teacher, Jaddus Joseph Poirier, against a minor student.\n\nThe legal action was filed with the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia on November 25, 2021 alleging negligence and breach of fiduciary duty against the HRCE for their inaction while a student under their care was exploited and abused by Mr. Poirier in his role as a teacher. It is further alleged that the HRCE facilitated years of abuse by placing this teacher in a position of trust and authority over young students and failing to monitor their employee when concerning signs of abuse should have been noticed.\n\nTo date, the HRCE has not responded to the Plaintiff\u2019s legal action and the deadline for such a response has now passed.\n\n\u201cWe are committed to promoting access to justice for victims of abuse and holding institutions accountable when they enable predatory behaviour, particularly when a position of trust is exploited against society\u2019s most vulnerable,\u201d said <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wagners.co\/blog\/press-release-october-10-2023-raymond-wagner-kc-2023-distinguished-service-award-recipient\/\" title=\"PRESS RELEASE \u2013 October 10, 2023 \u2013 Raymond Wagner KC, 2023 Distinguished Service Award Recipient!\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1047849\">Raymond Wagner<\/a>, Q.C., the Plaintiff\u2019s lawyer. \u201cIt is our strong view that legal actions of this kind help serve as a deterrent to inadequate supervision and send a clear message that schoolboards must take seriously their obligations to protect young students.\u201d\n\nJoseph Poirier was one of two teachers charged with sexual assault following the Operation Apollo investigation, which was launched after former victims of Mr. Poirier came forward. <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wagners.co\/blog\/michael-mcnutt-convicted-of-sexual-abuse\/\" title=\"Michael Patrick McNutt, 67, from Halifax Convicted of Sexual Abuse\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"387\">Michael McNutt<\/a>, another former teacher, was also charged following this investigation.\n\n<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wagners.co\/lawyers\/loreatha-boehner\/\" title=\"Loreatha Boehner\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"38156\">Wagners<\/a> can be reached toll-free at 1-800-465-8794 or by email at <a href=\"mailto:seriousinjury@wagners.co\">seriousinjury@wagners.co<\/a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wagners.co\/our-team\/\" title=\"Our Team\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"232612\">Wagners<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">1869 Upper Water Street<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Suite PH 301, Historic Properties<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Halifax, NS\u00a0\u00a0 B3J 1S9<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Telephone: 902-425-7330 or 1-800-465-8794<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Facsimile: 902-422-1233<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Email: <u>seriousinjury@wagners.co<\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 22, 2021, the Province of Nova Scotia was given notice of an impending action against the Halifax Regional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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