UNITED KINGDOM
Premier
Tue 26 Jan 2016
A lawyer representing alleged victims of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, has accused the church of denying in the courtroom any compassion they are showing in public.
It comes as a group of survivors prepare to take their former diocese to court after allegations of an institutional cover-up.
The claims date back to the 1950s and relate to pupils at St Bede’s in Manchester.
Lawyers have begun proceedings on behalf of the victims who were aged between 11 and 15 at the time of the abuse.
Kathleen Hallisey, of London-based child abuse lawyers AO Advocates, said they and other victims are made to suffer again.
“They hear something that the Church is saying publicly, or a statement that the Pope has made about supporting victims, and they expect that that is going to affect the litigation, which is vigorous, well defended, well fought litigation.
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