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Relief turned to anguish as victim saw abuser promoted within Anglican church, court told

Harvey* says when he told the head of Tasmania's Anglican Church in the 1980s that he had been sexually abused by a priest, he felt greatly relieved. Then he watched that same priest go from promotion to promotion.

Now, he has taken the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania to trial in the Supreme Court in Hobart, arguing the $34,000 settlement he was given in the 90s was "unjust" and the alleged abuse changed his future and ruined his potential earnings.

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