AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Giselle Wakatama
Another woman, allegedly abused by a now dead Hunter Valley priest, has become the second alleged abuse survivor to seek damages from the estate of a late bishop and the Catholic church.
Earlier this week, the ABC revealed a woman known as LG was suing the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic Diocese and the estate of the late Bishop Leo Clarke for abuse she allegedly suffered as a five-year-old in the 1970s and 80s.
A special commission of inquiry heard her alleged abuser Denis McAlinden was a prolific paedophile priest.
The same inquiry found Bishop Clarke’s inaction in relation to McAlinden was inexcusable.
The diocese rejects that the alleged abuse happened, and argues it had no supervisory role of McAlinden.
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