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… during the 1970s. His family was involved with their local Catholic church and Emanuel was an altar boy and attended Catholic primary school, taking part in all their events and …

… talk to if she was in trouble. She went into the local Catholic church, where the priest told her that because she wasn’t Catholic she would have to speak to him in his house, rather …

… the early 1980s. Bernard's family was large and staunchly Catholic so naturally Bernard became an altar boy. Father … side.' While his mother won't have anything to do with the Church now, his father is still a staunch practising Catholic. This has led to friction between Bernard and his …

… basically looked the other way.’ He was born into a devout Catholic family in country Victoria in the mid-1950s. Like … ‘My father, he was too timid, he was too afraid of the Church. ‘He let other people take action. And he just stood … spoke about the abuse, when he became involved in the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing program. ‘I heard about it …

… Mike's story In country Victoria, Mike attended a Catholic primary school where, in the mid 60s, the Church’s authority went unquestioned. Priests regularly took … possible to take action against the diocese and not the Catholic Church as a whole, a situation that angered Mike. …

… Diocese of Grafton and the Towards Healing process by the Catholic Church would be examined in public hearings two, three and … operation and review of the Towards Healing process by the Catholic Church. In addition, it will explore how that …

… Warwick John's story Warwick grew up in a Catholic family in Sydney in the 1950s and was sent to a Catholic school. When he was 11 years old he was afraid to … compensation. As a result, and with little defence from the church, Warwick was paid $5,000. At some point Warwick …

… Benji's story Benji’s father wasn’t a Catholic but his mother was. Growing up in Melbourne in the 1970s, Benji and his three younger siblings went to Catholic schools and to the local church every Sunday. The priest, Father Marcus Hennessey, …

… southern Australia and he was frequently moved by the Church hierarchy. At the age of 10, Ignatius was a serving altar boy in his town’s Catholic church when he was sexually abused by Blayney on … hit the priest who quickly left. Ignatius was angry at the Catholic Church hierarchy’s response to numerous allegations …

… and his brother, Luke. Both boys grew up in a strict Catholic family. One evening in the early 1970s, when … told us we must be wrong or confused as a Father of the Church would never do such a thing.’ Sometime later Father … told the Commissioner that he was never confirmed in the Catholic Church because he always avoided the sacrament …