AUSTRALIA
Illawarra Mercury
On the face of it, it appears the Catholic Church has short-changed the region in terms of payments to victims of abuse.
The Illawarra Mercury revealed recently the Wollongong Diocese was named as one of five areas with the highest of proportion of priests alleged to be perpetrators.
Yet in contrast, the region has only received a handful in compensation payments to victims.
The Mercury has revealed only half a million dollars has been paid to Wollongong victims of alleged child sexual abuse by the Catholic Church.
That equates to less than two per cent of the $280 million paid out by the church over the past 35 years to victims.
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