AUSTRALIA
The Age
March 25, 2016
Beau Donelly
A retired teacher who tried to stop a paedophile priest from assaulting her students has returned to her old school to pay tribute to the victims of clerical sex abuse.
Former Holy Family teacher Carmel Rafferty led a group of people back to the Doveton parish adjoining her old primary school on Friday to tie colourful ribbons to the fence in a mark of respect to survivors.
“The church is paying attention to the suffering of Jesus on Good Friday, but we’re paying attention to the abused,” Ms Rafferty said.
“We’re sending a message of recognition,” she said.
“This is a way we can show our heartfelt concern to the victims, survivors, their families, and to those who have never disclosed their suffering to anyone.”
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