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Transcript of Joint Press Conference

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From the website of the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honoourable Julia Gillard FRI 11 JANUARY 2013 …………………….. Prime Minister Sydney Subject(s): Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse; Newstart; Executive remuneration; Drink spiking in Indonesia; Cyber-bullying; NSW … Continue reading

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Imported priests pose risk, church abuse inquiry told

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Thew Age (Australia) November 10, 2012 The inquiry heard from Jane Vanderstoel, executive officer of the Western Region Centre Against Sexual Assault; Karen Hogan, manager of the Gatehouse Centre at the Royal Children’s Hospital; and Patrick Tidmarsh, a Victoria Police … Continue reading

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Former Ballarat bishop knew of sex abuse: report

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The Ballarat Courier  (Australia) Nov. 8, 2012, 10:30 p.m. By  Tom McIlroy Bishop Mulkearns BALLARAT’S former Catholic Bishop Ronald Mulkearns withheld knowledge of child sexual abuse offences committed by paedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, a damning Victoria Police report found. The … Continue reading

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Call for state input on abuse by priests

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The Sydney Morning Herald November 2, 2012 Barney Zwartz Intervention … Frank Brennan. ONE of the leading Catholic intellectuals in Australia says the church needs state intervention to resolve the crisis surrounding sexual abuse of children by priests. Noted jurist … Continue reading

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Hope for victims in church abuse inquiry

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news.com.au October 26, 2012  2:38PM Paul Mulvey AAP AS Victoria’s assistant police commissioner gave condemning evidence against the Catholic Church, sexual abuse victims and their families were brought to tears. But for once in this shameful saga, they weren’t sad … Continue reading

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“Police scathing of Church’s handling of abuse” with VIDEO

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http://youtu.be/ncPEqWEBFQ8   The Australian 19 October 2012 Jane Lee Police slam church at abuse inquiry State inquiry into sexual abuse hears Victoria Police evidence the Catholic Church has been “focused on internal church issues such as legal liability and public … Continue reading

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Victoria Police slams Catholic Church (with VIDEO)

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  http://youtu.be/a3GvENmTmhg   Victoria Police has renewed its criticism of the way the Catholic Church has handled sex abuse cases, on the first day of a Parliamentary inquiry in Melbourne. ABC News (Australia) Updated Fri Oct 19, 2012 11:49pm AEDT … Continue reading

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