VICTORIA (AUSTRALIA)
The Courier
March 7, 2018
By Georgie Moore
Victoria will abolish the so-called Ellis defence, an “unfair legal loophole” which has prevented child sexual abuse survivors from suing organisations like the Catholic Church.
Under proposed laws introduced to parliament on Tuesday, unincorporated associations such as churches, would have to nominate an entity able to pay damages.
“This deals with what is something that I think has re-traumatised victims and survivors for too long, something that has made a terrible set of circumstances even harder,” Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters.
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