A former City lawyer has launched a £5m damages claim against a Jesuit-run school?
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LBandOrinae
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ok, one how apart from forensic investigation can u ask the dead questions, what they gonna hold a seance in court, two, if an accused can't reply its just one side of the coin, even if other colleagues can fill in some of the blanks, and three is the search for what i see asvengeancee long after someone has died just miss directed anger answer these and you have an answer which i can't be bothered to work out as I'm off to the women's volleyball cya.
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Good on him.
Anyone who brings these cases to light deserves to be applauded.
The Catholic church swept all of these cases under the carpet in the 1970´s. And there were many of them. Priests who " misbehaved" were sent away from the Parish to some rehabilitation centre in the south of England and then just moved around different parts of the country.
So many were never brought to justice. Society was different three decades ago. Adults who knew what was going on were afraid to speak against the might of the Catholic church.
These days they´d be lynched.
Anyone who brings these cases to light deserves to be applauded.
The Catholic church swept all of these cases under the carpet in the 1970´s. And there were many of them. Priests who " misbehaved" were sent away from the Parish to some rehabilitation centre in the south of England and then just moved around different parts of the country.
So many were never brought to justice. Society was different three decades ago. Adults who knew what was going on were afraid to speak against the might of the Catholic church.
These days they´d be lynched.
It's a tough one this. my initial reaction( shamefully ..prob cos he is lawyer) is to scoff and be irritated by his claims of how it affected his life.
However there is very little chance of such systematic abuse not having any detrimental effect.It must have been horrific but I can't see how successful the litigation can be if the perpetrator is dead.
There is no doubt the abuse at this time was endemic in the Catholic church and i suppose it was only a matter of time before the UK aped the US lawsuits
I think the real purpose of this case is to open the floodgates rather than individual justice for this particular man...I wonder if he will put himself forward as an ideal candidate to represent future plaintiffs? or am i being a cynical cow?
However there is very little chance of such systematic abuse not having any detrimental effect.It must have been horrific but I can't see how successful the litigation can be if the perpetrator is dead.
There is no doubt the abuse at this time was endemic in the Catholic church and i suppose it was only a matter of time before the UK aped the US lawsuits
I think the real purpose of this case is to open the floodgates rather than individual justice for this particular man...I wonder if he will put himself forward as an ideal candidate to represent future plaintiffs? or am i being a cynical cow?