AUSTRALIA
The Standard
December 8, 2017
By Clare Quirk
THE trauma of Warrnambool children abused by the Catholic Church is ongoing and should never be forgotten, according to the boss of the South West Centre Against Sexual Assault.
The comments by centre manager Mary Clapham come after the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Assault released a scathing report which condemned the church’s Ballarat diocese leaders, who were responsible for parishes across the region.
Ms Clapham said the horrific abuse which occurred in Ballarat was also experienced in south-west communities, including Warrnambool and Mortlake
“Those same priests were located here,” she said.
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