AUSTRALIA
SBS
Source: AAP
10 JUN 2015
An Anglican diocese in Victoria has voted to become a company so child abuse survivors will know exactly who to sue if they launch a case against the church.
Wangaratta is the third Anglican diocese in Victoria to make the decision to incorporate.
Ballarat and Bendigo have already voted to make the change and the diocese of Melbourne will vote on whether to do so in the next few weeks.
The Victorian decisions cut through debates about the legal status of Anglican and Catholic churches in sex abuse law suits.
David Parsons, a legal adviser to Wangaratta said the decision to become a discrete legal entity was made at a recent meeting of the diocesan synod – the governing body – which covers 60 Anglican congregations in north-east Victoria.
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