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	U.S. Clergy Abuse Litigator Brings Expertise to UK The AOAdvocates January 11, 2011 http://www.aoadvocates.com/Files/227/Jeff-Anderson-Ann-Olivarius-news-releasepdf.aspx [full text] (London, England) At a news conference in London today, United States-based clergy abuse lawyer Jeff Anderson announced the formation of a partnership with London solicitor Ann Olivarius to seek justice for sexual abuse victims in England and Wales. Anderson, who is widely known for his pioneer use of the civil justice system in the United States to litigate on behalf of victims of childhood sexual abuse, referred to the new venture as a an extension of his life’s calling “to seek justice for survivors, protect children, and hold offenders—and the institutions that enable them--accountable for the harm they are causing children”. Olivarius, who is also a principal in the London-based law firm McAllister Olivarius, said teaming up with Anderson was something she initiated. “If you followed the clergy abuse scandal as it grew in the United States it was clear that, if not for Jeff Anderson, the Catholic Church hierarchy and its clergy might have never been held responsible as they are today. It seemed to me we needed the same kind of pressure for justice and accountability on this side of the Atlantic. I thought about that, and called Jeff Anderson”.
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