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The Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia. / Nickbenanh via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).Melbourne, Australia, Jan 21, 2022 / 07:00 am (CNA).In a ruling believed to be the first of its kind in Australia, a judge has found a Catholic diocese vicariously liable for clerical abuse.A judgment issued on Dec. 22 by Justice John Forrest in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne held that the Diocese of Ballarat was vicariously liable for the conduct of Father Bryan Coffey.The Legal Information Institute defines vicarious liability as the liability that a supervisory party bears for the actionable cond...

A ruling in favour of a child sexual abuse victim who sued the Catholic Church has provided clarity around the definitions of vicarious liability in institutional child abuse cases and, as part of the decision, opened up new legal avenues for other victims.

A survivor of abuse in the Catholic Church has spoken out about a landmark new ruling regarding the Church's vicarious liability.

Church’s argument that it was not responsible for the abuse was rejected and described as ‘affront to common sense’

The man claims he was bashed, became suicidal and woke to his cellmate strangling him after being “falsely imprisoned” by judge.