Colombia’s Supreme Court has ordered a Roman Catholic diocese to pay
about $220,000 to the families of two children molested by a priest. It
would be the first time the church has paid a financial penalty in
Colombia for abuse committed by one of its priests.
The priest, Luis Enrique Duque, is serving time for abusing two boys, then aged 7 and 8, in 2007 in a town northwest of Bogota. The Supreme Court decision, announced Thursday, upholds a 2011 lower court ruling that found the diocese liable and ordered that the money be distributed among the boys, their siblings and their parents.
http://www.rocketnews.com/2015/10/colombia-court-finds-catholic-diocese-liable-in-abuse-case/
The priest, Luis Enrique Duque, is serving time for abusing two boys, then aged 7 and 8, in 2007 in a town northwest of Bogota. The Supreme Court decision, announced Thursday, upholds a 2011 lower court ruling that found the diocese liable and ordered that the money be distributed among the boys, their siblings and their parents.
http://www.rocketnews.com/2015/10/colombia-court-finds-catholic-diocese-liable-in-abuse-case/