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Corrs Chambers Westgarth assisted in establishing the “Ellis defence”, which helped insulate the Catholic Church against abuse claims. Now it is parting ways with its longstanding, lucrative client.
The decision was made without the knowledge of the partners at the national firm, some of whom could lose valuable work in the fallout.
The decision to drop the church after 60 years was a commercial one that also played to younger lawyers.
Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, president of the Australian bishops' conference, gives the homily during a Mass at a meeting on the protection of minors in the church at the Vatican in this 2019 file photo. A new national protocol for responding to historical child sexual abuse and any new allegations in the Catholic Church in Australia will be both more compassionate and just, Coleridge said Jan. 28, 2021. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella) Sydney, Australia — A new national protocol for responding to historical child sexual abuse and any new allegations in the C...
Advertisement The Catholic Church’s private insurer spent more than $58 million paying out the victims of sexual abuse last year and the company is being forced to raise fresh capital and liquidate investments to cover a future compensation bill worth at least another $238 million. Catholic Church Insurance (CCI) has posted nearly a $250 million loss as it struggles to meet a wave of new claims in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. St Patrick's Cathedral, home of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. Credit:Pat Scala CCI, which insures Cath...