AUSTRALIA
ABC News
[with video]
Updated March 01, 2012
Transcript
TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Victims of sex abuse by Catholic clergy in Victoria are calling for a Royal Commission into the church.
Victims’ support groups say they’ve traced dozens of suicides among people molested by Catholic clergymen in the Ballarat area.
And in the wake of an inquiry into child protection, the Victorian Government is scrambling for the right response.
Hamish Fitzsimmons reports
HAMISH FITZSIMMONS, REPORTER: Victoria’s Community Services Minister is under pressure over comments comparing the rights of paedophiles to the rights of victims.
MARY WOOLDRIDGE, VICTORIAN MINISTER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES (Fairfax Radio): We have to balance the rights of children and families…
NEIL MITCHELL, RADIO HOST: Against the rights of paedophiles.
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