UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
The Diocese of Portsmouth is challenging a High Court ruling that the Roman Catholic Church can be held liable for the sex crimes of priests.
Last year Mr Justice MacDuff gave a decision in favour of a woman, who claims she was raped and assaulted as a child by a priest of the diocese.
The woman, now aged 47, alleges she was abused by the late Father Wilfred Baldwin at a Hampshire children’s home.
The judge ruled the diocese “may be vicariously liable” for his actions.
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