According to the Telegraph, Christopher Shepherd tripped and fractured his foot as he was attending a service in North Yorkshire two days before Christmas 2008.
According to documents filed at London's High Court, Ripon Cathedral agreed to pay Mr Shepherd £130,200 in compensation as well as legal costs in 2013, however the cathedral is now suing the NHS in a bid to claim back some of its money.
In the writ, the cathedral's lawyer, Richard Copnall, reportedly said Mr Shepherd sought advice regarding his injured foot from doctors employed by Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust on Christmas Eve 2008 and on January 13, 2009.
But he claimed that the serious fracture was not diagnosed until Mr Shepherd had a private consultation on March 18, 2009.
Mr Copnall alleged that the failure to diagnose the break "caused a delay in treatment of approximately 100 days".
Immobilized in plaster for four months, Mr Shepherd had been "left with a walking distance of 100 yards, with a stick" and needed a wheelchair for longer distances.
The writ said: "In the absence of the delay, Mr Shepherd would have avoided the need for fusion surgery (and) recovered with only ongoing nuisance level symptoms".
Mr Copnall added that the cathedral was seeking a contribution from the NHS trust towards the payout they had already made to Mr Shepherd.
