Courts rule that the Catholic Church is ‘liable’ for sexual abuse carried out by priests
The victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church in Britain are now one step closer to winning compensation due a High Court ruling in London.
In a landmark ruling Justice Macduff ruled that the diocese of Portsmouth was “vicariously liable” for the acts of a priest who repeatedly raped a seven-year-old girl in the 1970s.
The woman, who is now a mother, was referred to in the courts papers as JGE. She is seeking damages for personal injury for the abuse that was carried out at the Firs Children’s Home, in Waterlooville, Hampshire.