Christian Brothers abuse victims to get ‘full’ compensation in backdown after controversial property sales

Edmund Rice Education Australia can be sued over abuse committed by Catholic order, after receiving much of its property holdings

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The entity gifted vast property holdings by the Christian Brothers has agreed to help compensate abuse survivors in full, in a stunning reversal after weeks of public pressure.

The Christian Brothers, a Catholic order with a long history of clergy abuse, last month announced it was going broke and could not afford to meet civil claims from abuse survivors.