Court battle by survivor of Catholic church abuse will help others challenge past settlements, lawyers say
Man praised for ‘towering courage’ in paving way for survivors to challenge past settlements that effectively protected church institutions
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Lawyers for an abuse survivor say a high court ruling on Wednesday will pave the way for more survivors to challenge past settlements that “served only to protect the church institutions” from paying out genuine compensation.
The survivor, known as DZY, was confronted with insurmountable legal barriers to his planned civil action against the Christian Brothers in 2012 over abuse at the hands of two Catholic brothers, brothers Robert Best and Gerald Fitzgerald, in the 1960s.
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Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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