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Bishops want answers from Austrac
By Dennis Shanahan
Australian
January 3, 2021
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/bishops-want-answers-from-austrac/news-story/65bdc471fea63718e49de1c57b9797d9
Catholic bishops are considering asking Australia’s international financial watchdog to reveal whether any of the $2.3bn sent from the Vatican City since 2014 went to Catholic organisations in Australia.
Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, told The Australian that asking Austrac if any of the recipients were designated as Catholic dioceses, charities or religious orders was an option.
The bishops are already working on a direct request to the Pope to investigate and explain how $2.3bn was transferred from the Vatican City to Australia over six years without their knowledge, amid a global financial scandal engulfing the Holy See.
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