AUSTRALIA
Broken Rites
Australia’s national child-abuse Royal Commission public hearing in Melbourne (for four weeks, starting Tuesday 24 November) will begin by examining the cover-up of abuse in the Melbourne Catholic archdiocese. The Commission may look at about ten Melbourne priests (up to four at the Doveton parish) and up to six at other parishes. For background information from Broken Rites about these ten priests, see: http://www.brokenrites.org.au/drupal/node/377
After looking at the Melbourne archdiocese, the Commission will also look at the Ballarat diocese. Finally it will deal with Cardinal George Pell and what he knew (or what he claims he “didn’t know”) about all this.
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