UNITED KINGDOM
Independent
Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer
The Catholic church has continued to pay out compensation to victims of alleged child sex abuse at its schools – but is still refusing to accept liability.
Leslie Turner was paid £17,000 in compensation after claiming two members of the Irish Christian Brothers order sexually abused him at a school in Sunderland in the 1960s.
Mr Turner, who has waived his right to anonymity, said he was abused by teachers there between 1961 and 1967.
The now 66-year-old said he decided to sue the Church after he was diagnosed with delayed onset post-traumatic stress disorder in 2012.
He told the Guardian: “After the abuse stopped was actually worse than when the abuse was taking place.
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