AUSTRALIA
The Courier
By Caleb Cluff and Matthew Dixon
April 8, 2016
Ronald Mulkearns will be the first Ballarat bishop not to be interred in the crypt of St Patrick’s Cathedral.
Ballarat Diocese Vicar-General Justin Driscoll said it was not appropriate in light of the revelations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse to grant Bishop Mulkearns a position inside the Cathedral.
“That is correct; he will be the first bishop not to be placed in the crypt. It really is a direct response to the revelations of the Royal Commission. It was not appropriate for the former bishop to be buried there,” he said.
During his time as bishop, numerous paedophile priests were moved across the region while they were abusing children.
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