AUSTRALIA
Slater & Gordon
Media Release
07 May 2014
Slater & Gordon lawyers have welcomed a statement at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that the Christian Brothers will review the compensation given to former residents in Western Australia.
Slater & Gordon lawyer Hayden Stephens, who worked on the case two decades ago, outlined to the commission last week the refusals by the Christian Brothers and Church authorities to admit liability and the vigorous defence of a civil legal case brought on by former residents.
“The Royal Commission has presented an opportunity for the Church to address the hurt they have caused by providing financial support for their victims,” he said.
“I believe this change in the Church’s approach would certainly be welcomed by the men that we represented.
“I am glad to hear that there has been a change in heart from the Christian Brothers and they are open to revisiting settlements which are considered by the victims as unjust.
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