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The Archdiocese of Ottawa will not say how many victims of clergy sex abuse it has recognized or how much it has paid them. But, as Andrew Duffy reports in this series, documents filed in a recent lawsuit begin to answer those questions, while also revealing details of never-before-known cases — such as that of Rev. Barry McGrory.Read Part 1 of this series below. Read Part 2:“Priest admits to sexual abuse for first time in Citizen interview” here.Read Part 3: “Ottawa diocese repeatedly warned about local clergy’s most notorious abuser” Wednesday.

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Documents filed by the Archdiocese of Ottawa as part of an insurance lawsuit disclose substantial new information about the history and scope of Ottawa’s clergy sex abuse scandal.

The scandal began to unfold in the mid-1980s, but the number of victims in this city has remained a closely guarded secret.

The diocese will reveal neither how many sexual abuse victims it has compensated, nor how much it has paid them.