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Learn more about the court's decision to order a church to pay approximately $325,000 in compensation to an individual who was a victim of priests' sexual abuse.
COLOGNE: A German court ordered the archdiocese of Cologne on Tuesday to pay 300,000 euros in damages to a victim of...
A German court ordered the archdiocese of Cologne Tuesday to pay 300,000 euros in damages to a victim of repeated sexual abuse by a priest in what was called a potentially landmark case.
It's the first court-ordered compensation payment in Germany for Catholic Church sexual abuse. Typically, as in this case, the statute of limitations has expired, but the archdiocese waived its right to avoid trial.
A German court ordered the archdiocese of Cologne Tuesday to pay 300 000 euros in damages to a victim of repeated sexual abuse by a priest in what was called a potentially landmark case.