Now, five decades after all that abuse, the schoolboy has finally resolved his claim against the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat and the Christian Brothers.
The $1.5m settlement, plus legal costs, is one of the largest payouts Victoria has seen for institutional sexual abuse.
The victim’s lawyer, Dr Viv Waller, is sure it would not have eventuated without the looming threat of court action that was due to start next week.
“Catholic defendants have to be dragged to the door of the court before they offer appropriate amounts of compensation, and this matter was resolved in the shadow of a trial due to start in the next few days,” she said.
âI can move onâ: $1.5 million payout to St Alipius sex abuse survivor
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A Victorian man who was sexually abused by Australiaâs most prolific paedophile priest has reached a $1.5 million settlement with the Catholic Church, one of the largest payouts of its kind.
The now 58-year-old was abused by paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale as well as Christian Brothers teachers Gerald Leo Fitzgerald and Stephen Farrell while a student at St Alipius Boysâ School in Ballarat in the 1970s.
Ribbons tied to the fence at St Alipius Presbytery, church and old boys school in Ballarat pay tribute to the victims and survivors of child abuse.
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