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The Church is Not Liable for Child Sexual Abuse by Priests, as Clergy Are Not Employees

Summary by NSW Courts
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim DP was only 5 years old in 1971, when he alleges he was sexually assaulted by a Catholic priest visiting his parents in the southwestern Victorian town of Port Fairy. Over two visits to the family home in the capacity of an assistant parish priest at the St Patricks local parish church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat, Father Bryan Coffey is accused of having groomed and then sexually abused the child. P…
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NSW Courts broke the news in on Monday, March 24, 2025.
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