AUSTRALIA
The Courier-Mail
By Nigel Hunt
29mar05
AN Adelaide woman who gave birth to twin boys after being raped by an Anglican priest is seeking compensation from the church.
Lawyers acting for the woman, 62, have notified the church of the claim, but it has not acknowledged correspondence seeking an out-of-court settlement.
This is despite the church's hierarchy – both past and present – conceding that Father Leonard Russell Goggs, who died in 1979, was the father of the twins.
Although the church – including former Anglican Archbishop Keith Rayner – acknowledged to the woman, who wishes to be known only as Jess, that Father Goggs was the father, she has had no financial or pastoral assistance.
Duncan Basheer Hannon lawyer Susan Litchfield said yesterday she would lodge a claim against the church in the District Court after failing to secure a settlement.
Posted by kshaw at March 28, 2005 02:16 PM