AUSTRALIA
The Tablet (UK)
03 February 2014
Seven Catholic priests have been honoured among 683 recipients of Order of Australia awards late last month – including a Victorian priest, Fr Kevin Dillon, who has criticised the Church’s response to the sexual abuse crisis.
Fr Dillon, the parish priest of Victoria’s second-biggest city, Geelong, was honoured on Australia Day, 26 January, for his service to the Catholic Church in Australia, to health and social welfare support services, and to veterans.
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