![]() ![]() The Guardian has previously revealed that a similar strategy has been adopted more broadly across the church in cases where paedophile clergy have died.Ībuse lawyers across multiple firms say the church is either seeking permanent stays in court or using the threat of permanent stays to low-ball survivors in settlement negotiations. ![]() The men of the cloth, they’re not dealing with them in good faith.” “It’s all about protecting the dollars I guess, but I think they’re not dealing with survivors in good faith. “It’s just appalling behaviour,” Bob O’Toole, the chair of the Clergy Abused Network, said. Survivors’ advocates have described the approach as “appalling” and a “pretty low blow” for Cable’s victims, whose complaints were ignored by the church for years. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup The Marist Brothers order is now attempting to use his death to shield itself from civil claims brought by one survivor, known by the pseudonym of Mark Peters, arguing it was unable to get a statement from him and can no longer receive a fair trial. ![]() He died in September, still behind bars, while facing additional allegations concerning the indecent assault of a boy in the 1970s. In 2019, he was sentenced to an additional eight years behind bars for crimes against another five victims. ![]()
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