Bird v DP (a pseudonym)
Court of Appeal
Beach, Niall and Kaye JJA
03/04/2023
[2023] VSCA 66
Tort — Vicarious liability — Assistant priest appointed to Diocese — Assistant priest not an employee or independent contractor of Diocese — Sexual abuse by assistant priest of child in home of parishioners — Whether Diocese vicariously liable for sexual abuse — Whether sexual abuse sufficiently connected with the role and functions of assistant priest so as to be the occasion for the abuse
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