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	Police 'Preventing' WYD Abuse Protest ABC July 18, 2008 http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/18/2307874.htm A group of victims of church sexual abuse say they are being prevented from holding a peaceful protest in a park opposite today's World Youth Day activities at Sydney's St Mary's Cathedral. Six protesters have travelled from Melbourne to Hyde Park and say police are telling them they can not hold up signs calling for the Pope to apologise for sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy. Related Story: Qld man seeks abuse compo from Pope Chris McIsaac, from the Broken Rites support group, says the demonstrators are waiting for a final decision from police, but she hopes they will not be deprived of their right to protest. "Everybody in this park is holding a flag or a message of some kind," she said. "It's heavily organised, this World Youth Day, by the church and so hence the signs that suit them are fine. "The ones they don't want to acknowledge, and that goes for sexual abuse by clergy, they're not allowed to have their say."
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