Christian Brothers abuse victims to get ‘full’ compensation in backdown after controversial property sales
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#776PF)
Edmund Rice Education Australia can be sued over abuse committed by Catholic order, after receiving much of its property holdings
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The entity gifted vast property holdings by the Christian Brothers has agreed to help compensate abuse survivors in full, in a stunning reversal after weeks of public pressure.
The Christian Brothers, a Catholic order with a long history of clergy abuse, last month announced it was going broke and could not afford to meet civil claims from abuse survivors.
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