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Keywords:
a State’s failure to discharge ‘heavy onus’, alleged consent, alleged perpetrator died before facing criminal charges, application for stay of proceedings, but maintained acts were consensual, civil claims against estate of alleged perpetrator, historical child sexual abuse, perpetrator had made admissions, sexual assault, torts, whether consent by a minor is a defence to a civil claim for damages for sexual assault