MONTREAL — In what is believed to be the largest-ever payout in Canada by a religious order, a Montreal private school and its religious owners have agreed to pay their victims $18-million for decades of sexual abuse committed by members.

After denying and covering up for decades widespread sexual abuse, Congregation de Ste. Croix and Notre Dame also have apologized unequivocally for acts by teachers and school employees “that should never have happened.”

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