Man loses compensation case over East Yorkshire school abuse

UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News

A man who claimed he was abused at an East Yorkshire Catholic school has lost a legal action for compensation.

He is one of 249 men suing the Catholic Church over alleged historical sexual abuse at St William’s residential school in Market Weighton.

Only one man out of five initial cases heard at the High Court in Leeds has been awarded compensation.

In December, a judge ruled in favour of one claimant and ordered the church to pay £14,000 in damages.

At the same hearing, His Honour Judge Gosnell dismissed three other claims.

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