UNITED KINGDOM
ic Coventry
Dec 8 2005
By Martin Smith
THE Roman Catholic Church has paid out more than £150,000 between three men who claim they were abused as children by former Coventry priests.
Two men - who both come from Coventry but one now lives in Birmingham - were awarded more than £20,000 each in separate out-of-court settlements after claiming they were abused by Fr James Robinson.
A third man, from Coventry, won a much larger sum in damages after claiming he was a victim of abuse by Fr Christopher Clonan, who was assistant parish priest at Christ the KIng Church in Coundon for 20 years until 1992.
The two men who claim they were Fr James Robinson's victims had been set to sue the Birmingham Archdiocese in the High Court, claiming negligence in its duty of care to them.