UNITED STATES
Irish Independent
By John Breslin and Breda Heffernan
Wednesday August 22 2012
A US court has delivered a landmark ruling that the Vatican cannot be held legally liable for the activities of a paedophile Irish priest.
In a 10-year legal battle, an alleged victim of deceased priest Andrew Ronan had sought to have the Vatican held legally responsible.
The decision could shield the Vatican from possible damages claims.
The alleged victim claimed the Vatican was liable because senior officials in Rome knew of the priest’s previous record of abuse while a teacher at the Servites’ Our Lady of Benburb Priory in Co Tyrone — and before he was moved to Chicago and then Portland.
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