Read the full judgment text of HCPI 000901/2004 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 October 2006.
1. When he was 15 years old H, the plaintiff, then an altar boy at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Ngau Tau Kok, was sexually assaulted by Michael Lau, the 1 st defendant. Lau was then a Deacon of the Church and assigned to be in charge of the altar boys at St. Joseph’s. About 18 months later in similar circumstances, by which time he had been ordained a Priest, Lau sexually assaulted H again. Many years passed. Then, following a police investigation, Lau was charged and convicted after tria