UNITED KINGDOM
Lexology
Bolt Burdon Kemp
Dino Nocivelli
United Kingdom June 21 2016
We are happy to report that one of our clients has recently succeeded in a compensation claim for injuries suffered at the hands of a Catholic priest for childhood sexual abuse.
Background – the abuse
Our client was sexually assaulted by his family priest Father Michael Smith from the approximate age of 15 to 17. This abuse took place at Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church, Tonbridge, Kent where Smith was the parish priest.
Father Michael Smith was a constant presence in our client’s life from birth. He performed a number of religious ceremonies including his Baptism, First Confession, First Holy Communion and Confirmation. Our client also confessed to him on a number of occasions.
Our client and his family were an active member of the congregation and our client was made an altar server by Smith while still at primary school before he was employed to work at the church about 15 years old and this is when the sexual assaults commenced.
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