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18 February 2016

Bishop agrees to be sued for past sex abuse claims

MICHAEL BRISSENDEN: A Catholic bishop in regional Victoria has made it possible for victims of historic child sex abuse to sue the diocese in a court of law.
The current Bishop of Ballarat says he is willing to stand in the place of his long-dead predecessor to deal with negligence claims that date back to the middle of last century.

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2016/s4408059.htm