AUSTRALIA
Riverine Herald
REVELATIONS the Sandhurst Diocese had one of the worst child sex offence records in Australia was a ‘‘tragedy’’ and a ‘‘wake-up call’’ for the church, according to Rochester district priests.
The diocese — which includes Rochester, Elmore and Lockington — had the second highest rate of priests accused of child sexual abuse out of Australia’s 17 Catholic dioceses over a period of 60 years.
Figures identified in a Royal Commission report showed almost 15 per cent of priests who ministered in the diocese between 1950 and 2010 were accused of child sexual offences.
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Elmore Father Alex Lim said he was relieved it was out in the open.
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