Australian Catholic order accused of waiting for paedophile to die and using death to shield it from abuse claims
Marist Brothers approach in seeking to halt a survivor's case over a clergy member's death would be absolutely perverse', court hears
A Catholic order allegedly sat on its hands for almost two years waiting for a notorious paedophile clergy member to die and is now using his death to claim it could no longer receive a fair trial against one of his victims, an approach described in court as absolutely perverse".
The Marist Brothers order is currently seeking to permanently halt a survivor's case alleging abuse by the late Brother Francis Romuald" Cable, arguing his death renders it unable to fairly defend itself because it can no longer call him as a witness.
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