$60 Million Deal Reached To Settle Sex Abuse Claims At Boys School In Haiti

Mealey's (January 28, 2019, 8:14 PM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A university and religious organizations that ran a school for boys in Haiti agreed on Jan. 25 to pay $60 million to settle claims that they allowed students to be sexually abused by an administrator who was later convicted and sent to prison.  The plaintiffs seek approval of a class of at least 133 former students who were abused over a 10-year period (Gesner Lecenat, et al v. Douglas Perlitz, No. 13-01633 and 14-00668, D. Conn.)....