UNITED KINGDOM
BBC News
April 23, 2018
Delays in compensation payouts to victims of abuse at a Catholic school have left campaigners “angry and frustrated”.
More than 240 men have made claims over abuse at St William’s residential school in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire in the 1970s and 80s.
The De La Salle Order, which ran the school, put aside £7.7m for compensation, in 2015.
Church bosses say ongoing legal action out of its control is causing delays.
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“The strategy and management of the St Williams claims has been entirely in the control of the Diocese of Middlesbrough’s insurers and the insurer’s solicitors,” the De La Salle Order said.
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