Sri Lanka Catholic Church hails Supreme Court order for ex-president over bombings

Sri Lankan Police stand guard in front of the Supreme Court, while the party members of the deposed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe-led United National Party handover a petition against the President Maithripala Sirisena's decision to sack the parliament, in Colombo, Sri Lanka November 12, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

COLOMBO (Reuters) - The leader of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Friday praised a Supreme Court decision to order the former president and four officials to pay compensation for the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 260 people.

The civil case brought by families of the victims charged that lax security led to the attacks which targeted three churches and three luxury hotels.