Head of Belgium's Catholic church ordered to pay in pedophile case
Brussels, Belgium -
The head of Belgium's Roman Catholic Church must pay damages to one of three boys whom a priest was convicted of molesting, a criminal court ruled today.
The court said Cardinal Godfried Danneels and a local assistant bishop were responsible as the employers of The Rev. Andre Vanderlyn, a 64-year-old Brussels parish priest.
It ordered the two men to pay a total of $14,000, the first time high-level church officials have been held responsible for civil damages in a pedophile case involving Belgium's church.
Read the article atAP Online dated 04-09-1998
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The head of Belgium's Roman Catholic Church must pay damages to one of three boys whom a priest was convicted of molesting, a criminal court ruled today.
The court said Cardinal Godfried Danneels and a local assistant bishop were responsible as the employers of The Rev. Andre Vanderlyn, a 64-year-old Brussels parish priest.
It ordered the two men to pay a total of $14,000, the first time high-level church officials have been held responsible for civil damages in a pedophile case involving Belgium's church.
Read the article atAP Online dated 04-09-1998
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