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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Christopher Knaus Chief investigations correspondent

Like being ‘stabbed in the back’: abuse survivors left without trials after Christian Brothers’ unprecedented legal tactic

Cross and bell on the top of a church steeple
Lawyers were given little advance warning about the Christian Brothers’ proposed moratorium. Photograph: John White Photos/Getty Images

An abuse survivor feels as if he has been stabbed with a “sharp, long, bladed knife to the back” after his trial was aborted at the 11th hour due to an unprecedented legal tactic by the Christian Brothers.

Last week, the Christian Brothers sought a permanent halt to hundreds of cases lodged by survivors of abuse at its schools and orphanages, arguing it was about to go broke and could not afford to meet them.

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