AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
By Sam Rigney Oct. 23, 2014
HUNTER activist and abuse victim Peter Gogarty said he hopes his new book will provide understanding and hope for victims of child sexual abuse.
Mr Gogarty – a victim of Hunter paedophile priest Jim Fletcher – launched his book ‘‘Judas Church – Memoir of a Shy Young Fellow’’ at Maitland Gaol on Thursday night.
‘‘I was nine years old when I met newly ordained Catholic Priest Father James Patrick Fletcher,’’ Gogarty says.
‘‘Before I turned 18 I told him I would kill him if he ever touched me again.
‘‘Twenty-five years later, driving home from work, I heard that he had been arrested on multiple child abuse charges.
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