Parents of Schoolgirl Victims Upset by Lawyer’s Description of Abuse As ‘relatively Minor’

By Pia Akerman
The Australian
August 21, 2014

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A SENIOR lawyer representing the Catholic Church has described a notorious priest’s sexual abuse of a young girl as “relatively minor”. The royal commission investigating institutional responses to child sexual abuse today saw a letter Corrs Chambers Westgarth partner Richard Leder, who has advised the Melbourne archdiocese since it established a scheme to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse,