Catholic church seeks to stop family’s lawsuit over George Pell child abuse allegations

Melbourne archdiocese challenges legal ruling that would allow father of a choirboy to sue for damages

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The Catholic church is seeking to challenge a legal ruling in Victoria that would allow the father of a choirboy to sue for damages over allegations of child sexual abuse by Cardinal George Pell.

The father, who cannot be named for legal reasons, filed a claim against the Catholic archdiocese of Melbourne and Pell. He claims to have suffered nervous shock after learning of allegations that Pell sexually abused his now deceased son in the mid-1990s.

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