“They are not only missing that opportunity, they watched it go by, they waved at it and they kept arguing about how much they were going to charge per diem,” Levinson said. [read post]

Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC and Justin Levinson of 1 Crown Office Row, for the claimant, contend that the priest was given his position and authority by the trustees, and to find they could not be liable for the priest’s crimes would be to make the Roman Catholic Church immune from vicarious liability for the crimes of priests, leaving many claimants without remedies. [read post]