BRITAIN
Telegraph
(Filed: 30/06/2005)
A man who was sexually abused by a Roman Catholic priest during his childhood has been awarded more than £600,000 compensation.
The man, now 35, was abused over a 10-year period between the ages of seven and 18 by Father Christopher Clonan, his priest at Christ The King Church in Coventry.
Father Clonan is believed to be dead
He now suffers from schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder.
He was today awarded £635,684 by the High Court in Manchester.
The compensation was awarded against the Archbishop of Birmingham and the trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
The claimant, known as A, was abused between 1977 and 1988 but did not realise that anything was wrong until 1992, when "his life fell apart".