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… fearful for the safety of his nephews who were attending a Catholic school, and experienced ‘many nightmares, sleepless … ashamed of the school that we had attended and the whole Catholic religion. They believed every word that I said, … to report the incident, and then made a complaint via the Church’s Towards Healing process. It took him three case …

… types of sexual activities. ‘When the nuns went to the church the boys would take the boys into the toilets and … Seamus sought out counselling with a priest attached to a Catholic welfare organisation. ‘Big mistake’, he said. At … reports to Victoria Police nor sought compensation from the Catholic Church, even though he thought it a good idea in …

… hearing, it emerged that Bennett had been referred to a Catholic Church psychologist in the early 1970s after sexually … it’s difficult having been reared the way we were within a Catholic community … to be so deserted by the Church. ‘And I …

… Keith's story In the 1940s, Keith belonged to the Church of England Boys Society (CEBS) in his New South Wales … was told Griffin had left the Anglican Church to become a Catholic priest, and that he’d died in the late 1990s. When … was told Griffin had left the Anglican Church to become a Catholic priest, and that he’d died in the late 1990s. When …

… Markus's story Markus was born into a strict Catholic family in the mid-1950s. When he was about nine the … Markus was asked to serve as an altar boy at the local Catholic church. His first job was to assist a visiting priest with …

… Anthony's story Growing up in a devout Catholic family in the 1950s, Anthony felt a strong … to the faith and served as an altar boy at his local church outside Melbourne, sometimes assisting Father … about his faith are complex. He feels saddened that many Catholics still refuse to face up to the truth about child …

… thought he was in trouble. She took him down into the church and told him to wait there. Tristan recalls there was … The incident occurred in the 1980s when Tristan was at a Catholic primary school overseen by nuns who he remembered … He and his wife decided not to send their child to a Catholic school – a choice Tristan finds interesting, given …

… late 1960s and eventually placed in an orphanage run by the Catholic Church in Brisbane. Carlos was three years old when he was … all about it. She used to line up boys for the priest … The Catholic Church just didn’t give a rat’s arse what these …

… two to three years the old lady would hand Evan over to a Catholic priest who then sexually abused him. Jenna knew … moved quickly. Evan took legal action against the Catholic Church and was awarded $120,000 compensation. He …

… fight. Father James Lincroft was a priest in the local Catholic parish, and often visited Mario’s school for church services. He had always been around the family as he … abuse. He has not reported Lincroft to the police or the Catholic Church but would like to. He wanted to focus on his …