SLOVENIA
GlobalPost
Slovenia’s Catholic Church has warned a court decision ordering it to compensate a victim of sexual abuse could open the floodgates for lawsuits against other institutions, like schools or hospitals.
Local media reported a court ruling over the weekend that ordered the archdiocese of Maribor, Slovenia’s second city, to pay 80,000 euros ($107,000) to a woman who had been sexually abused as a child by one of its priests.
“Court sentences have to be obeyed,” the Slovenian Bishops’ Conference said in a statement on its website.
But it warned: “We are convinced it will open the doors for lawsuits not only against the Church, but also other institutions in education or health, for example.”
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