Sex abuse victim wins record payout from Catholic Church
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom --
A man who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest has been awarded record damages of more than £600,000 at the High Court.
The High court awarded the victim, known as "A", damages of £635,684 against the defendants, the Archbishop of Birmingham and the trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
The defendants had admitted legal liability for “failing to prevent these activities”.
The settlement, the largest in British history, largely reflects the loss of earnings by the victim. Now 35, he suffers from schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder and requires 24-hour care.
Father Christopher Clonan abused the 35-year-old victim, known as A, while he was working as a parish priest in Coventry.
Fr Clonan abused the victim for ten years from the age of eight. He said that he did not know that anything was wrong until 1992, when his “life fell apart”, and he reported the abuse to the police.
Fr Clonan fled to Ireland after the abuse was reported, before going to Australia, where he died in 1998. He was never prosecuted for the abuse.
Read the article at 4ni.co.uk Dated June 30, 2005
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A man who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest has been awarded record damages of more than £600,000 at the High Court.
The High court awarded the victim, known as "A", damages of £635,684 against the defendants, the Archbishop of Birmingham and the trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
The defendants had admitted legal liability for “failing to prevent these activities”.
The settlement, the largest in British history, largely reflects the loss of earnings by the victim. Now 35, he suffers from schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder and requires 24-hour care.
Father Christopher Clonan abused the 35-year-old victim, known as A, while he was working as a parish priest in Coventry.
Fr Clonan abused the victim for ten years from the age of eight. He said that he did not know that anything was wrong until 1992, when his “life fell apart”, and he reported the abuse to the police.
Fr Clonan fled to Ireland after the abuse was reported, before going to Australia, where he died in 1998. He was never prosecuted for the abuse.
Read the article at 4ni.co.uk Dated June 30, 2005
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