Catholic church uses paedophile priest’s death as shield against new allegations in NSW
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#60G27)
Lismore diocese wins halt on civil case after arguing woman had never complained before Clarence Anderson died in 1996
The Catholic church has used the death of a known paedophile priest to shield itself from being sued over new complaints of child sexual abuse.
Earlier this month, the Lismore diocese won its argument for a permanent stay of civil proceedings brought by a woman who was 14 years old when she was allegedly sexually assaulted by Father Clarence Anderson in 1968 inside her family home.
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