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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Christopher Knaus

Catholic church uses death of paedophile priest in bid to stop survivor suing NSW diocese, court hears

Priest holding prayer beads
The Catholic church is using the death of paedophile priest David Joseph Perrett in a bid to shut down civil cases against the diocese in Armidale, NSW, brought by survivors of alleged sexual abuse. Photograph: Image Source/Getty Images

The Catholic church is seeking to use using the death of a “prolific paedophile” priest to permanently prevent a dying Indigenous man from seeking justice for alleged abuse suffered on camping trips in rural New South Wales.

Two survivors are suing the church’s Armidale diocese for the alleged abuse by notorious priest David Joseph Perrett during camping trips from an Aboriginal mission in the mid-1970s.

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