This morning.
A man in Scotland who said he was sexually abused as a boy by Christian Brothers has been awarded almost £1.4 million in damages – said to be a record sum for a victim in the UK.
Via The Herald (Scotland):
The man, identified as AB, who has not been named for legal reasons, said he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Brothers Ryan, Farrell and Kelly while attending St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, about 40 years ago.
The claimant, now 54, said his brother, who is 14 months older than him, also claimed to have been sexually abused by the same men at a similar time without him knowing.
The Christian Brothers, a religious sect that ran the school, tried to have the legal case thrown out but, in a written judgement released on February 4, a sheriff dismissed the attempt and ordered them to pay just short of £1.4 million in damages to AB.
Speaking after the ruling, AB said he hopes the landmark decision will inspire other abuse victims to fight for justice.
He said: “Finally, after nearly 40 years, I’ve been acknowledged and those responsible can be exposed.”
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And in Ireland the compensation was derisory.
and paid for by the taxpayer.
Exactly why it is a case of lessons being learned.. at some point the ruling parties .. whoever they may be .. will have to recognise that by defending their past association and complicties they weaken their current claims to power
.. it’s precisely the same mechanism that is hoped by certain parties will keep sinn fein out of government
… so lessons learned in that respect but that’s just fantastic news for the survivor and his future and surely many more