Alleged clergy abuse survivor wins right to appeal case to high court of Australia

NSW court of appeal had ruled case could not be heard because priest accused of abusing applicant when she was 14 had since died

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A survivor of alleged clergy abuse has won the right to appeal to the high court against a decision to throw out her case because the alleged paedophile priest had died.

The high court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from a woman, known only as GLJ, who alleges she was abused when she was 14 by Lismore priest Father Clarence Anderson.

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