Turning the page on Lepore: High Court opens door to liability for non-delegable duties to encompass intentional criminal acts On 11 February 2026, the High Court of Australia delivered its judgment in AA v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle [2026] HCA 2 which considered whether a Catholic Diocese owed a non-delegable duty of care to a child parishioner who was sexually abused by a priest in 1969, and,
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BishopAccountability.org - Documenting the Catholic Sexual Abuse and Financial Crisis - Data on bish broke the news3 months ago on Friday, March 20, 2026.