Church loses in Maine ruling [CN-USA]

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A ruling from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court opens the door to lawsuits against the Catholic diocese in cases where victims claim the church knew that a priest had a history of molestation.

The ruling comes in the case of William Picher, who won a multi-million dollar judgment against Fr Raymond Melville, stemming from allegations that the priest sexually abused him at St Mary’s School in Augusta in the 1980s.

He says the priest’s supervisors knew that he had molested a child before he was ordained, but did not inform police or the public.

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