Catholic Church loses bid to have abuse lawsuit thrown out in Australia

By News on the Net -- CNA Catholic News Agency —— Bio and Archives August 28, 2023

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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, The Catholic Church on Friday suffered a loss in an Australian appeals court after a panel of judges said an abuse case brought by the father of an alleged victim of Cardinal George Pell could proceed.

The cardinal allegedly abused the boy in the 1990s; his father brought suit against the Catholic Church and Pell in 2022, shortly before Pell’s death in January of this year. The alleged victim himself died of a heroin overdose in 2014. ---More...