Japan woman sues Catholic Church over alleged sex abuse, as #MeToo spreads in country

A woman has filed a suit against the Roman Catholic Church in Japan alleging that a priest raped her four decades ago, as the church’s unfolding worldwide sexual abuse crisis gradually reaches the country.The civil lawsuit, filed this week in Sendai District Court, seeks 56.1 million yen (US$534,000) in damages. It accuses a priest, who has not been charged or penalised, as well as a bishop who counselled the woman in recent years about the alleged abuse.In Japan, survivors of Catholic Church…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3103148/japan-woman-sues-catholic-church-over-alleged-sex-abuse-metoo