UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
A ruling that the Catholic Church can be held liable for the wrongdoings of its priests has been upheld.
Last year Mr Justice MacDuff decided in favour of a woman who claimed she was raped and assaulted as a child by a priest of the Portsmouth Diocese.
The Court of Appeal has upheld this decision, which raises “an issue of wide general importance in respect of claims against the Catholic Church”.
A diocese spokesman said the case was about “fundamental legal principles”.
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