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  Broken Rites Australia News Index

Broken Rites
November 8, 2009

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115 Catholic priests and brothers have been sentenced in Australian court cases in which Broken Rites had an involvement or an interest. These 115 court cases are on the top half of the Black Collar Crime page. In addition, on the bottom half of the page, there are a number of out-of-court cases in which Broken Rites had an involvement or an interest (updated 1 October 2009)

Broken Rites researchers have compiled this list of cases, involving Catholic church leaders, that are currently in (or coming up in) Australian courts (updated 12 October 2009)

Broken Rites helped the victims of Father Gerald Ridsdale. Here is the full story (updated 4 January, 2009)

Father Terrence Pidoto targeted boys for 25 years while church leaders looked the other way. Here is the full story from Broken Rites (updated 4 January 2009)

How victims of Father Desmond Laurence Gannon defeated a cover-up, with help from Broken Rites (14 June 2009)

How the church covered up for Father Kevin O’Donnell — until Broken Rites helped the victims (updated 4 January 2009)

The Brother Brendan Carroll case: Two female victims force the Catholic Church to apologise, with help from Broken Rites (updated 4 January 2009)

Church kept pedophile priest Paul David Ryan — and one victim committed suicide. This is the full story from Broken Rites (updated 4 January 2009)

Victims force the church to admit that prominent priest Ronald Pickering was an abuser. The full story from Broken Rites (updated 4 January 2009)

The church covered up the crimes of Monsignor John Day but now it admits that Broken Rites is right (updated 12 June 2009)

After 30 years, the church is forced to say 'sorry' for Father Murray Wilson's assault of a 13-year-old schoolboy — with help from Broken Rites (updated 1 June 2009)

A pedophile priest, John Sidney Denham, is brought to justice — with help from Broken Rites (updated 13 july 2009)

Catholic religious Brothers accept sex-offenders as members: The case of Christian Brother Edward Dowlan (updated 9 January 2009)

The Marist Brothers recycled a sex-offender, Brother John Desmond Dyson, to a new position of trust (updated 18th August 2007)

Church leaders harboured an abusive priest — Father Wilfred Baker — and he continued to offend (updated 2nd August 2007)

Church leaders ordained a child-abuser — Father David Daniel — and knowingly retained him in the ministry (updated 2nd August 2007)

A convicted priest changes his surname: How Father Gerard Mulvale became Mr Gerrard Shaw, as revealed by Broken Rites (updated 12th January 2007)

Church celebrates a priest (Father Nazareno Fasciale) who admitted abusing girls and boys (updated 4 January 2009)

This priest, Father Adrian van Klooster, abused young people in two Australian states — and he had pornography on his computer, filed under 'Parish Business' (updated 4 April 2008)

The Marist Brothers appointed a child abuser, Gregory Vincent Coffey, as a school principal (24th May 2007)

Broken Rites exposes a cover-up: How Monsignor Patrick Cotter concealed a priest's crimes in the Maitland-Newcastle diocese (updated 29th September 2007)

This 'traditionalist' priest was found dead in a sex cubicle in a 'men-only' club (24th May 2007)

Church used collection-plate money to defend a criminal priest, Father James Fletcher (3rd July, 2006)

Church gives an out-of-court settlement to an ex-pupil (25th June, 2006)

A young female victim defeats the church's lawyers, with help from Broken Rites (updated 18th August 2007)

Broken Rites helped to end a cover-up. The unmasking of the St Gerard Majella religious order (updated 8 June 2009)

The Marist Brothers administration in Australia has apologised to two ex-pupils (Eoin Cameron and John Kelly) who encountered a senior Marist principal, Brother Bertinus, in Catholic boarding schools many years ago (posted 30 September 2009)

Portrait of a child abuser. Brother Fintan Dwyer was the recruiting officer for the De La Salle Brothers (updated 3 August 2009)

Altar boy #1 (Damian): He died in tragic circumstances in 2001 (posted 24 October 2009)

Altar boy #2 (Daniel): He committed suicide in 2007 (posted 24 October 2009)

Report of an inquiry into an allegation of sexual abuse against Archbishop George Pell

Recent stories from Broken Rites, written by Broken Rites researchers

Ronald Conway — the celibate psychologist who helped to screen Catholic trainee priests in Melbourne (posted 2 April 2009)

Monsignor Penn Jones received high praise from his archbishop but now (thanks to Broken Rites) the church admits that Jones was an abuser (updated 15 October 2009).

Father Neville Joseph Creen used his position and his standing in the community to hide his child-sex crimes (involving young girls) from the police, a Queensland court has been told (updated 3 January 2009)

A Victorian Catholic priest, Father Daniel Dominic Hourigan, died three days after police charged him with sexual offences against a boy (posted 22 September 2008)

Some background about Brother John Gaven, formerly of St Stanislaus College, Bathurst (posted 7 September 2008).

Some background about Father Peter Dwyer, now of Armidale NSW, formerly of St Stanislaus College, Bathurst (posted 7 September 2008).

Police in Newcastle, New South Wales, began investigating allegations that a priest (Fr Gerard Mackie) showed an explicit image to seven-year-old children at a government school during a "religious education" lesson (posted 15 September 2008).

The Marist Brothers knew that Brother Gregory Carter had molested a boy but they kept Carter in the Marist Order and later allowed him to become a headmaster, according to documents tabled in a Queensland court (updated 15 October 2009)

A Melbourne priest, Father Anthony Eames, was finally convicted after committing offences against young girls for many years (posted 22 September 2008)

The second most senior clergyman in the Australian Catholic diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, Vicar-General Thomas Brennan, has been convicted of making a false written statement, saying that he could not remember a series of child sex-abuse complaints (in the 1970s) about other clergy (updated 19 March 2009)

On 8 July 2009, Father John Sidney Denham, of the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic diocese, pleaded guilty to multiple offences against boys. (updated 13 July 2008)

Father Edmund John Haines (of the Melbourne Catholic archdiocese, based in the Geelong district) was jailed on child-sex and child-porn charges after he was caught with child porn recorded on his mobile phone (posted 5 November 2008).

This is the full story about Catholic priest Paul Raymond Evans, who was jailed on 3 October 2008 for offences against vulnerable teenagers at Boys' Town, near Sydney (posted 9 October 2008).

A court has heard allegations that a priest (Father Brian Joseph Spillane) had sexually abused pupils, aged 11 to 13, at St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, New South Wales, in the 1980s (posted 27 July 2008).

On 22 August 2008, New South Wales detectives charged a priest of the Wollongong Catholic Diocese, Father Kelvin Gerald Sharkey, with two counts of buggery and 10 counts of indecent assault (that is, indecent touching), allegedly committed against an altar boy in the early 1970s. (posted 23 August 2008).

Former pupils of Christian Brother Maurice Howard have not forgotten his activities at Catholic boys' schools in Victoria (posted 3 August 2008)

West Victorian Catholic priest Father Bryan Desmond Coffey was indecently touching young children soon after taking his vows of celibacy, a court has been told (updated 6 August 2008).

Catholic priest Father Adelrick D'Cruz was convicted on 22 May 2008 after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting a teenage girl 24 years previously (posted 22 May 2008).

A former Catholic priest, Charles Alfred Barnett, from the Vincentian religious order, is facing court in South Australia on child-sex charges (updated 1 October 2009).

A Christian Brother, Peter John Toomey, molested students in public in their classroom (posted 27 April 2008).

The full story of Father Michael Charles Glennon, one of Australia's most notorious child-abusers (posted 8 April 2008).

The case of Marist Brother Norbert Mathieson demonstrates how church sex-abuse can continue affecting the victims and their families for many decades after the abuse (posted 29 March 2008).

Marist Brother Ross Francis Murrin sexually abused young schoolboys and one boy ended up as a drug addict, dying through an overdose when he was 22, a court has been told (updated 15 March 2008).

The De La Salle Brothers tolerated the crimes of Brother Ibar Keating (updated 15 March 2008).

Ballarat Bishop James Patrick O'Collins transferred a sexually-abusive priest (Father Leonard Monk) to another diocese (updated 15 March 2008).

Father Sydney Morey was a sexually-abusive priest who flourished in the Ballarat diocese in western Victoria (posted 15 March 2008).

Canberra's Marist College allowed a Marist Brother (Br. Kostka Chute) to continue working with boys even after the school learned that he was molesting students, a court has been told (posted 9 March 2008)

Broken Rites helped to expose an abusive priest, Fr Denis McAlinden, who was allowed to transfer from New South Wales to Western Australia (posted 9 February 2008)

The Sydney Catholic hierarchy allowed a troublesome priest to roam free — and one victim later committed suicide (9 February 2008)

Monsignor James Murray pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a vulnerable woman but the church re-instated him (posted 9 February 2008)

Christian Brothers victims achieve justice after 40 years. The case of Brother Keith Weston(updated 9 February 2008)

This article, written for the Broken Rites website by a victim of the Christian Brothers, gives a victim's view of Catholic Church sex-abuse in Australia. (posted 9 February 2008)

Victms of Father Roger Michael Bellemore succeed in revealing their story to the public, despite an attempt by church lawyers to stop them (updated 1 March 2008)

Victims of Father Gregory Ferguson were intimidated into silence but now they obtain justice after 36 years (updated 6 January 2008)

Hospital chaplains are a health hazard, a woman patient says (updated 29th September 2007)

It is never too late to tell the police, according to victims at Adelaide's Blackfriars Priory School (updated 2nd August 2007)

A Tasmanian priest, Father Paul Anthony Connolly, who was in charge of preparing future priests, pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting a child (updated 4 April 2008)

Father Tony Bongiorno talked about an 'old Spanish custom' — priests sexually abusing boys (10th September 2007)

The church allowed a sexually-abusive priest, Father Vincent Gerard Ryan, to have access to new victims in the Maitland-Newcastle diocese (10th September 2007)

This priest (an Archbishop's secretary) pleaded guilty (updated 18th August 2007)

Priest was removed from working in a girls' orphanage after complaints about abuse (updated 6th July, 2007)

The church apologises for what this priest did at a girls' school (updated 6th July, 2007)

Complaints about a priest who was involved in a church youth movement (updated 6th July, 2007)

Church protected a convicted criminal, Father Frank Klep (updated 24th March, 2007)

Church employed a sex-abuser in schools for 50 years. How Brother Pius Bernard became Mr Raymond Logan

Marist Brother Gerard McNamara was an amateur masseur — until his victims told the police

Catholic priest Father Barry Gwillim damaged a teenager's life, says a judge

Sex abuse at two Christian Brothers orphanages in Victoria — St Augustine's and St Vincent's (24th May 2007)

A victim gets his sex-abuse allegations raised in Parliament (27th March 2007)

Catholic religious Brothers abused the disabled (24th May 2007)

Church pays big money to lawyers to fight criminal charges (25th November 2006)

De La Salle Brothers provided a job-reference for a child-abuser

Abuse admitted by a priest who was training future Catholic leaders

Parents disbelieved their own son

Former trainee priest jailed — he held "prayer meetings" for his victims

De La Salle Brothers apologise to a victim of Brother Wilfred De Cruz (updated 15 March 2008).

A 'society' priest, Vincent Kiss, is jailed for abusing schoolboys (posted 15 March 2008).

Father Peter Julian Brock, of the Maitland-Newcastle diocese, has appeared in court, charged with sex offences against two boys (updated 22 August 2009)

Melbourne Catholic priest Father Paul Pavlou is convicted after he pleaded guilty to committing an indecent act with a 14-year-old boy and another charge of possessing child pornography (updated 10 August 2009)

Father Michael Francis Reis, 66 (a member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart religious order), was jailed in Brisbane on 6 November 2008 for offences against two young girls in the 1980s and 1990s (posted 7 November 2008)

In July 2002, a Queensland magistrate ordered Christian Brother Stephen McLaughlin to stand trial on 13 alleged child-sex offences, to which he had pleaded not guilty (posted 7 November 2008)

Christian Brother Graeme James Down (alias Brother "David" Down) molested school boys in Western Australia in the 1980s and was jailed in 2007. Then more victims came forward, resulting in more jail time in 2008 (posted 11 November 2008)

The Catholic Church has admitted that a "highly respected" priest, Father Patrick Cusack, sexually molested primary school girls in the Canberra-Goulburn archdiocese during many years (posted 15 November 2008)

Some background about Father Philip (Phil) Robson, formerly at St Stanislaus College in Bathurst (posted 17 December 2008)

Father David O'Hearn, of the Maitland-Newcastle Catholic diocese, faces court on child-sex charges (updated 17 July 2009)

After 40 years, a court considers allegations against Christian Brother Francis Lambert Wise (updated 4 August 2009)

Father Peter Chalk, a priest in the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart order, ministered in Melbourne in the 1970s but his whereabouts now are unknown (posted 12 February 2009)

Father Glenn Boyd, who formerly ministered in the Wagga Wagga Catholic Diocese (in southern New South Wales) has left the priesthood (posted 12 February 2009)

Father Julian Fox, of the Salesian religious order, has left Australia (for very good reasons) and now works in Rome (posted 1 March 2009)

A sex-offender from New Zealand, Father Magnus William Murray ("Max" Murray), was was allowed to minister in an Australian parish (posted 1 March 2009)

The church was finally forced to distance itself from Father Peter Searson (updated 26 June 2009)

Christian Brother John Francis Coswello was jailed in June 2009 for committing sexual offences against a vulnerable 12-year-old boy at St Vincent's orphanage in South Melbourne in the 1970s (updated 1 July 2009)

Christian Brother Damien John O'Dempsey was jailed for indecently dealing with a schoolboy

Father Hugh Edward Murray, of the Vincentian religious order (the Congregation of the Mission), has been charged with indecently assaulting three boys from St Stanislaus College, Bathurst, New South Wales, a Sydney court has been told (posted 26 June 2009)

Christian Brother Rex Ignatius Elmer was jailed after pleading guilty to indecently assaulting boys at St Vincent's Boys' Home in South Melbourne (posted 17 July 2009)

Broken Rites has researched Father Paul Rex Brown (once a senior priest in New South Wales) who was convicted for possessing child pornography (posted 20 July 2009).

Father Robert Fuller, Sydney Catholic priest, has appeared in court, after allegedly seeking a 13-year-old girl, via the internet, for sexual purposes (updated 15 August 2009).

Father James Barry Whelan, Melbourne Catholic priest, is mentioned in a Melbourne court case. (updated 22 August 2009).

A visiting Catholic priest, Father John Charles Houston, 54, admitted filming naked boys, without their permission, while they showered (updated 1 August 2009)

ANGLICAN CASE: One of Australia’s most prominent Anglican priests — Reverend James Stirling Murray — managed to survive complaints about him sexually abusing vulnerable boys (posted 2 October 2009)

Church hid Father Ronald McKeirnan's crimes for 30 years (article originally posted in 1999)

Broken Rites supporting sex-abuse victims of Father Reginald Durham at a Queensland orphanage (updated 27th March, 2007)

Father Robert Patrick Claffey indecently assaulted two boys at bed-time after their sister died in a road accident (article posted in 1999)

Families disrupted by De La Salle Brother Luke Beltram

Earlier stories from Broken Rites, written by Broken Rites researchers

Death of a sex-offender — Philip Stanley Hall (alias Marist Brother Brother "Malcolm" Hall) (article posted in 1999)

Marist Brother Francis Hesford had female victims (article posted in 1999)

A female victim's recovery after abuse by Marist Brother Francis Hesford (article posted in 1999)

Marist Brother Brian Robert Gordon told a victim to say three "Hail Marys" (article posted in 1999)

Father John O'Regan dies as the police swoop (article posted in 1999)

Church exposed young Aboriginals to abuse by Father Leo Wright (article posted in 1999)

Bishop knew about Father Patrick Cleary's crimes (article posted in 1999)

This offender, Christian Brother Terence Simpson, was re-cycled several times

(article posted in 1999)

Christian Brother Robert Charles Best touched boys indecently, a court was told

The church ignored its own protocol — and a female victim is again victimised (posted in 1999)

Examples of some Anglican cases (posted in 1999)

In memory of Father Maurie Crocker, a brave priest who exposed child abuse (article posted in 1999)

  
 
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