Melbourne archdiocese loses legal bid to block choirboy’s father from suing for damages
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The Catholic church’s bid to block a legal ruling that would allow the father of a choirboy allegedly sexually abused by Cardinal George Pell to sue for damages has been knocked down at the first hurdle.
The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, filed a claim against the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne and Cardinal Pell. He claims to have suffered nervous shock after learning of allegations the cardinal sexually abused his now-deceased son in the mid-1990s.
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