UK court awards £600,000 to priest abuse victim

A man who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest during his childhood was awarded more than £600,000 (€893,000) compensation today.

The man, now 35, was abused over a 10-year period between the ages of seven and 18 by Father Christopher Clonan, his priest at Christ The King Church in Coventry.

He now suffers from schizophrenia and post-traumatic stress disorder and was today awarded £635,684 by the High Court in Manchester.

The compensation was awarded against the Archbishop of Birmingham and the trustees of the Birmingham Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church.