MC v Casa Generalizia Della Societa Dei Missionari D’Africa Detti Padri Bianchi (White Fathers) [2024] NSWSC 1658

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: MC v Casa Generalizia Della Societa Dei Missionari D'Africa Detti Padri Bianchi (White Fathers) [2024] NSWSC 1658 Hearing dates: 24 April, 19 December 2024 Date of orders: 20 December 2024 Decision date: 20 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Weinstein J Decision: See [129] Catchwords: NEGLIGENCE – duty of care – whether breach of duty of care – historical child sexual abuse – where defendant did not appear – where plaintiff sexually abused by assistant priest in 1970s – where sexual abuse occurred inside church and in private rooms of presbytery – whether risk of harm foreseeable – whether other priests knew or ought to have known Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW), ss 5B, 5C, 6D, 6E, 6K, 16, 21 Criminal Procedure Act 1986 (NSW) s 294 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 60, 140 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 29.7 Cases Cited: Bird v DP (a pseudonym) [2024] HCA 41 SR v Trustees of the De La Salle Brothers [2023] NSWSC 66 SRA of New South Wales v Wiegold (1991) NSWLR 500 Category: Principal judgment Parties: MC (Plaintiff) Casa Generalizia Della Societa Dei Missionari D'Africa Detti Padri Bianchi (White Fathers) Representation: Counsel: Z Carrigan (Plaintiff)

Solicitors: Shine Lawyers (Plaintiff) File Number(s): 2022/198736 Publication restriction: Non-publication order in respect of the identity of the plaintiff or any information that may tend to identify him.