A survivor organisation called the ruling a ‘shame for a state based on the rule of law’ said it showed ‘profound ignorance of the institution of the Catholic Church and its teaching’.
A court rejected an abuse survivor’s claim against the Archdiocese of Cologne for more than €800,000 Euros because she was abused by a priest acting as her foster father.
The priest, identified as Fr U., abused his foster daughter Melanie F. for years and even forced her to have an abortion.
According to the court, because foster care is based on an act of the state the perpetrator had acted in private and not as part of his office, so a charge of liability on the part of the archdiocese could not be upheld.
The court also said there was no neglect of a general duty of care, as representatives of the diocese had not been aware of…
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