AUSTRALIA
Sky News
The Catholic Archidiocese of Melbourne have alerted churches linked to paedophile priests to be cautious of potential arson attacks over Easter.
The warnings come after a fire at a Balwyn church earlier this month and three other church fires around the same time last year.
Shane Healy, spokesman of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne was urged by the Vicar General to issue a wide message to all churches liked to paedophile priests to be vigilant towards possible attacks.
More than half a dozen churches have been attacked by arsonists over the past 13 months, many of them linked to child-abusing priests.
The latest, St Bede’s in Balwyn North two weeks ago, was connected to paedophile Terrence Pidoto, who served as an assistant priest in the early 1970s and was jailed for seven years in 2007 for abusing four boys.
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