SPAIN
The Local
09 Sep 2015
A court has ruled that the archdiocese of Granada can be held civilly liable for the alleged sexual abuse of a teenage altar boy by several priests.
A court ruled on Tuesday on a high profile case that has drawn intervention from Pope Francis.
Judge Antonio Moreno justified his decision on the grounds that accused Catholic priests “responded directly to the archdiocese of Granada” and because the events allegedly took place at parish headquarters.
The judge said any financial compensation which the archdiocese must pay would be established at a later date.
Spanish authorities opened their investigation late last year after a 25-year-old man filed a police complaint alleging that he was sexually abused by several priests in Granada when he was an altar boy between 2004 and 2007.
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