AUSTRALIA
The Age
December 7, 2012
Barney Zwartz
It was “another Eureka stockade moment, a massive day” for Ballarat on Friday as the state inquiry into child sex abuse came to town, one of the worst epicentres for paedophile activity by Catholic clergy, according to survivors spokesman Peter Blenkiron.
“But instead of being about gold and greed and licences, it’s about the greed of the Vatican protecting their gold-lined vaults. Rifles were used at the stockade, but we are using truth to fire the bullets.”
Today is the first time the parliamentary inquiry into how the churches handled sex abuse has left Melbourne, but there will be more regional visits, including a return to Ballarat next year.
Up to 50 child victims of clergy abuse in the Ballarat diocese have committed suicide.
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