Tag Archives: Salesians

No word yet on voir dire ruling

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Sylvia
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The first sex abuse trial of Father Brian Boucher continues today in Montreal Quebec Yes, there in fact two trials, the one currently underway dealing with the charges stemming from the allegations of the first complainant to contact police; the second … Continue reading →

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Salesian priest Frank De Dood admits child sex crimes

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Sylvia
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Rupertswood Mansion in Sunbury, where some of the abuse took place. Picture: Susan Windmiller The Herald Sun  (Australia) 27 July 2017 4:29am Shannon Deery, Herald Sun   ANOTHER priest has admitted sex crimes against children at the ­notorious Salesian College … Continue reading →

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Here is the shocking opening address to the royal commission about child abuse in the Catholic church

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Sylvia
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Sky News (skynews.com.au) Feb 6, 2017, 1:34 PM Simon Thomsen Senior counsel assisting Gail Furness SC addresses the royal commission. Source: screenshot The royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse opened its first hearings for 2017 in Sydney … Continue reading →

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“Catholic priest sorry for abuse: court” & related article

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Sylvia
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The Sydney Morning Herald April 8, 2014 – 2:48PM Melissa Iaria A Catholic priest who sexually abused 15 schoolboys has become a sorry and shameful pariah, known wherever he goes as “the pedophile priest”, a court has heard. Frank Gerard … Continue reading →

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Man ‘on the run’ from paedophile priest

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Sylvia
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kynews.com.au Updated: 17:37, Wednesday October 9, 2013 One of the victims of former priest David Edwin Rapson once tried to flee his Victorian school fearing further abuse, and says he hasn’t stopped running in the two decades since. Rapson, 60, … Continue reading →

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Court told of ‘sadistic’ abuse by former Catholic school principal

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Sylvia
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The Herald Sun October 09, 2013 11:53AM Shannon Deery THE former principal of a Catholic boys school stood and watched as his deputy sexually abused a young student, a court has heard. The principal, who cannot be named for legal … Continue reading →

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“Former Vic priest guilty of sex abuse” & and related articles

Posted on August 30, 2013 by Sylvia
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Yahoo!7 News (Australia) Updated August 30, 2013, 5:15 pm By Patrick Caruana, AAP For more than a decade, Catholic priest, teacher and vice principal David Edwin Rapson raped and sexually abused a number of Victorian schoolchildren. Decades after committing the … Continue reading →

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“Allegations too old to find priest guilty of sexual abuse, court told ” & related articles

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Sylvia
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The Border Mail (Australia) Aug. 27, 2013, 5:16 p.m. By Adam Cooper Pleaded not guilty: David Edwin Rapson. Photo: Justin McManus A jury has been told the “lapse of time” from offences allegedly committed by a former Catholic priest will … Continue reading →

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Boy punched priest in head, court hears

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Sylvia
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 The Age (Victoria, Australia) 16 August 2013 Adam Cooper An alleged victim of sexual abuse by a Catholic priest was told not to return to a boarding school when his parents confronted management, a jury has been told. The opening … Continue reading →

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“New files reveal decades of abuse in Los Angeles Catholic churches” & related articles

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Sylvia
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Hundreds of pages of secret church files shed light on the careers of a dozen priests, brothers and nuns accused of sexually abusing children while working in Southern California parishes for decades. NY Daily News Thursday, August 1, 2013, 8:45 … Continue reading →

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