Irish court: 30-year delay in bringing abuse suit is ‘inexcusable’
April 23, 2015
The second-highest court in Ireland has unanimously dismissed an abuse suit against the Religious Sisters of Charity.
The woman who filed suit alleged that beginning in 1977, at the age of 12, she was raped repeatedly by a male employee of the religious community over a four-year period.
The Court of Appeal ruled that the 30-year delay in filing the suit was both “inordinate” and “inexcusable” and that allowing the suit to proceed would visit “the grossest imaginable prejudice upon the defendant,” according to Lexology, a legal news service.
Justice Mary Irvine wrote the court’s decision.
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Further information:
- Irish Court Dismisses Abuse Suit Against Religious Order Not Brought For 30 Years (Religion Clause)
- Recent decision of the Court of Appeal on delay in historic child abuse claims (Lexology)
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