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Advocates and legal groups say the upheld ruling over the Catholic Church's vicarious liability for paedophile priests will lead to better outcomes for victim-survivors, and brings Australia in line with international law.
Churchâs appeal loss paves way for abuse survivors to sue Weâre sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Churchâs appeal loss paves way for abuse survivors to sue Save Normal text size Advertisement The Catholic Church has failed in its appeal over a compensation payout to a sexual abuse survivor, and now faces the prospect of being sued by hundreds of other victims who received meagre payments in exchange for their silence. A former altar boy known as WCB was in 1996 paid $32,500 by the church after he was repeatedly abused by Warragul prie...