AUSTRALIA
The Courier
Olivia ShyingOlivia Shying
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8 Apr 2017
Some Ballarat clergy abuse survivors have called on the Ballarat Catholic Diocese to alter all plaques bearing disgraced Bishop Ronald Mulkearns’ name.
Bishop Mulkearns blessed nearly every Catholic building opened in the Ballarat diocese between 1974 and 1996. Paedophile priests Robert Best and Gerald Ridsdale abused children in the diocese while Bishop Mulkearns oversaw the region.
Survivor Peter Blenkiron, who was abused at the age of 11, believes the plaques should be altered but not removed. He said one of the aim of any changes should be to protect children from future abuse.
“Don’t remove the plaques. Put a line through and add something down the bottom as a reminder of what happened,” Mr Blenkiron said.
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