Clergy Sex Abuse Survivors to Give Evidence, Priest to Speak at Inquiry

By Tom McIlroy
The Courier
February 14, 2013

http://www.thecourier.com.au/story/1300621/clergy-sex-abuse-survivors-to-give-evidence-priest-to-speak-at-inquiry/?cs=62

REPRESENTATIVES of more than 30 survivors of clergy sexual abuse will give evidence to a Victorian inquiry when it returns to Ballarat on February 28.

A large group of survivors and advocates is expected to attend the hearing at the Ballarat Lodge with evidence related to a group submission from the Ballarat region to be heard.

Participants in the group submission elected not to give evidence when the inquiry first visited Ballarat on December 7 last year, seeking to avoid additional trauma during the Christmas period.

Geelong priest Father Kevin Dillon is expected to give evidence during a regional hearing on Friday, becoming the first Catholic priest in active ministry to speak to the inquiry.