Elite Montreal school named in abuse suits

Two former students have filed suit against an elite boys' school in Montreal, seeking millions of dollars in damages for sexual molestation by teachers.

Both students are seeking $19 million Canadian ($16.6 million U.S.) from Selwyn House, the Toronto Globe and Mail reported.

The school already faces a lawsuit from a third student, filed last September. Each student names a different teacher.

One student names John Aimers, a Selwyn House alumnus and founder of the Monarchist League of Canada. The suit alleges that Aimers, a part-time teacher for four years in the 1970s, invited the student to his apartment, promising to help him with his homework, and molested him.

The other suit, filed by a Montreal resident, says a teacher named James P. Hill who taught at Selwyn from 1961-72 forced him to strip naked and fondled him.

The suit filed earlier names a teacher, Leigh Seville, who killed himself in 1991 after he was confronted with abuse allegations.

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