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	Child Abuse Ruling in the Nsw Supreme Court Ups Pressure for Legal Reform By Ean Higgins The Australian October 24, 2011 www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/child-abuse-ruling-in-the-nsw-supreme-court-ups-pressure-for-legal-reform/story-e6frg97x-1226174543251 A LANDMARK court ruling in a pedophile case will increase pressure on governments to legislate to enable victims of sexual abuse by clergy to more effectively sue the Catholic church. In what plaintiff lawyers described as a blow for victims, a NSW Supreme Court judge has overturned a ruling that enabled five men abused as boys to seek damages from the church's asset-holding trust fund.
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