WILLOUGHBY (AUSTRALIA)
9 News
September 8, 2017
Court trials for a group of clergy abuse victims suing the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat and now-deceased Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns will not likely begin until late 2018.
The victims, who allege they were abused at the hands of Australia’s worst pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, are suing for negligence.
Bishop Mulkearns, who died of cancer last year, allegedly knew that Ridsdale had abused boys.
However, it is claimed he simply moved Ridsdale, who has been in jail since 1994, between parishes and did not take proper steps to protect children.
Judicial Registrar Julie Clayton told the Supreme Court of Victoria on Friday she would book trials for six complainants in a block during September and October next year.
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