POLAND
GlobalPost
AFP
Poland’s powerful Roman Catholic Church on Thursday rejected a first-ever request for damages by a victim of a convicted paedophile priest, opening the door to legal action, judicial officials said.
A demand for 47,500 euros ($63,500) in damages was made by a 25-year-old male plaintiff, identified only Marcin K., who was molested as a child.
A Catholic priest was last year sentenced to two years behind bars in the case, but his diocese refused to be held financially liable.
“The parties did not arrive at an agreement. The door is now open for a civil lawsuit,” Slawomir Przykucki, a court spokesman in Koszalin, northern Poland, told AFP after the mediation hearing at the court failed.
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