Alleged clergy abuse survivor wins right to appeal case to high court of Australia

The high court has agreed to hear an appeal from a woman who alleges she was abused when she was 14 by Lismore priest Father Clarence Anderson, who has since died. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

A survivor of alleged clergy abuse has won the right to appeal to the high court against a decision to throw out her case because the alleged paedophile priest had died.

The high court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal from a woman, known only as GLJ, who alleges she was abused when she was 14 by Lismore priest Father Clarence Anderson.