Australian Catholic Church Names 29 Melbourne Priests Guilty of Abusing Children
By Vittorio Hernandez
In a belated show of remorse over the cover up of clergy sexual abuse of children, the Catholic Church in Australia release the names of 29 Melbourne priests who are guilty of sexually abusing children. The 29 are just the tip of the iceberg because there are 30 more priest accused of similar offenses, but their names were withheld since some were already dead when accusations were made against them, giving the priests no chance to respond. However, guilty or not, the church paid compensation to all the victims of these 59 priests who had been part of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, Archbishop Denis Hart admitted last week to the child abuse inquiry initiated by the state of Victoria. ABC published the list but withheld the name of four priests in the group of 30 for legal reasons. The 26 others are: Anthony Bongiorno, John Byrne, Peter Chalk, David Daniel, Bernard Day, Anthony Eames, Nazareno Fasciale, Desmond Gannon, Michael Glennon, Jack Gubbels, Barry Gwillim, Penn Jones, Bernie Mackin, Terry Merivale, Syd Morey, John O'Callaghan, Kevin O'Donnell, Tom O'Keefe, Paul Pavlou, Dominic Phillips, Ronald Pickering, Terence Pidoto, Victor Rubeo, Peter Searson and Ray Whitehouse. Must Read Barack Obama Target of 'Ricin Letter' Terror Plot at White House Alibaba's New Courier Service, Cainiao Internet Technology, Is Poised To Monopolize Chinese Market Can India Revive An Ancient University A Thousand Years After Its Destruction? 'Les Miserables' Broadway Return Set For Imperial Theatre After 11 Years The systemic cover up of the abuses include members of the clergy being placed above the law and one former officials, Ballarat Bishop Ronald Mulkearns and former Melbourne Archbishop Frank Little destroying documents to hide abuse cases.
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