Lawyers to Fight on for Payouts after Loss of Sex Abuse "Test" Cases

Care Appointments
December 21, 2016

http://careappointments.co.uk/care-news/england/item/41071-lawyers-to-fight-on-for-payouts-after-loss-of-sex-abuse-test-cases

Lawyers have vowed to fight on with a long-running, multimillion-pound compensation claim over alleged sex abuse in a Catholic children's home despite losing three out of four first "test" cases.

A total of 249 men have lodged claims against the Diocese of Middlesbrough and the De La Salle Institute which ran the St William's children's home in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire.

They claim to have suffered sexual abuse there and, in one of the largest joint compensation claims against the Catholic Church, potential payouts could run into millions of pounds if successful.

Five men gave evidence during the recent civil claim hearing involving St William's and were cross-examined by lawyers acting for the defendants.