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Ethan James

Church 'promoted, rewarded' pedophile priest

A judge has awarded a sexual abusive survivor $2.4 million compensation from the Anglican Church. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

A judge has ordered the Anglican church pay $2.4 million to a sexual abuse survivor, ruling an earlier settlement made by the organisation was heavily motivated by a desire to protect its reputation.

The man, who was abused in the 1980s as a child several times by now-jailed former priest Louis Victor Daniels, brought civil action against the Tasmanian diocese of the church.

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