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… Eddie Paul's story Eddie grew up in a Catholic family in Melbourne and attended a local Catholic primary school in the 1960s. ‘My mother was very … the Commissioner, ‘The actual predator that I went to the Church about, complained about, was Father Michael Johnson. …

… Catherine's story While Deidre was in mediation with the Catholic Church, Bishop Frankston turned to her and said ‘I never … my son to take his life but also wanting to approach the Catholic Church. And get some justice.’ Andrew disclosed to …

… to Brisbane with the children, and he started at the local Catholic school. Before this ‘I’d never even heard of God’. Although he was not Catholic, his Year 5 teacher ‘started talking to me about … ‘He told me that I was destined for greatness in the Church, that he was blessed to have me. Got me to kneel down …

… the priesthood. It was the early 1960s and Ian’s devoutly Catholic family were living in Melbourne. Their parish … was just like wild anger, but determined anger. But being a Catholic there was still the respect for him. I can’t … Weston again. At age 22, Ian ran into him at the local church. Hoping to confront him about the abuse, Ian …

… and youth activities organised by Father Morrison at a Catholic parish in Melbourne. Morrison was a sports coach … spoke to lawyers but was told he couldn’t sue because the Catholic Church didn’t exist as a legal entity. The Church also …

… when she was seven years old. But she is angrier with the Catholic Church, and in particular the bishop of the diocese in … Church was supposed to be.' Lucie grew up in a staunchly Catholic family. ‘Church was everything. The priest was …

… mum’, Micky told the Commissioner. Micky’s mum was a devout Catholic. To protect her, Micky kept the abuse he … Melbourne, one of a big family. The kids went to the local Catholic primary school and then the Catholic high school. The family attended the local church. Micky was an altar boy and a member of the church …

… hadn’t been met. They felt like they were fighting the Catholic Church’s lawyers and insurance company every step of the … go’. Dougal said he wasn’t confident senior members of the Catholic Church understood child sexual abuse and its …

… of him now, I see him.’ Edgar and his brother attended a Catholic primary school in a suburb outside Melbourne in the … mid-1960s. The school was on the same grounds as the parish church and presbytery, so it wasn’t uncommon to see priests … In the early 2000s, Edgar heard a radio program about the Catholic Church and rang the publicised hotline number. …

… Vince's story Vince was born into a strict Catholic family in the mid-1950s. At age seven he became an altar boy at the church where his uncle Josef worked as caretaker. Over the … years later Vince spoke to a family friend who was also a Catholic priest. The friend gave him some information about …