AUSTRALIA
Wellington Times
December 18, 2020
By Georgie Moore
The Catholic Church has failed to overturn a landmark court decision meaning it can be sued by a Victorian sexual abuse survivor.
The former altar boy earlier this year became the first Australian to overturn a settlement with the church in the state’s Supreme Court.
The survivor received $32,500 in 1996 after taking legal action against the church. The Court of Appeal has agreed it was not enough given the wrong done to the man.
He was abused from the age of 12 by Warragul priest Daniel Hourigan, between 1977 and 1980. The priest took his own life after being charged.
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