AZX v The Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Townsville
[2025] QSC 59 · Sullivan J
Incident & injury
Alleged sexual assault by a Brother Proctor at a school in Queensland
- Body regions
- Psychiatric
- Diagnoses
- Alcohol Use Disorder (alcohol dependence), Generalised Anxiety Disorder, Episodic Panic Disorder (chronic relapsing and treatment resistant), Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Incident date
- 3 February 1978
- Location
- A school in Queensland
Quick facts
- Date of judgment
- 3 April 2025
- Claim type
- Historical Abuse
- Proceeding
- Interlocutory
- Plaintiff outcome
- Unsuccessful
- Plaintiff age at injury
- 20
- Occupation
- Teacher Professional
Outcome
The plaintiff's application for an extension of the limitation period under s 31(2) of the Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) was dismissed. The court found that by 3 April 2023 there was a critical mass of material facts within the plaintiff's means of knowledge showing a decisive connection between the alleged 1978 sexual assault and her psychiatric conditions, such that the limitation period had already expired by the time the substantive proceeding was filed on 31 May 2024. The substantive proceeding was also ordered to be dismissed.
Key issues
AZX v The Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Townsville [2025] QSC 59
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