Michael McKenna; 17/1/09
Australia’s church leaders are secretly lobbying for the removal of a time limit that blocks child sex victims from suing for compensation over institutional abuse. A multi-denominational push, led by Australia’s Anglican leader, Brisbane Archbishop Phillip Aspinall, is pressuring Queensland’s Bligh Government to set a nationwide precedent and exempt child victims from the laws, which normally require that they launch legal action by the time they turn 21. Hundreds of victims – including those openly acknowledged as being abused for years by some of the country’s most notorious pedophiles – have been blocked by state and church lawyers from having their claims tested and compensated by the court by the “time-limit defence”.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24923370-2702,00.html
Tags: Australia, Christianity, Pedophilia