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… out of hand, bigger than it is.’ Nina grew up in a devout Catholic family in Victoria in the late 1950s. Her family was one of the founding families of the local parish church in their town. Nina recalls her parents being ‘in awe’ of the Church – they considered members of the Catholic clergy to be like ‘demi-gods’, she said. When Nina …

… me.’ Ariadne’s parents were actively involved in the Catholic Church in their regional Victorian town in the 1970s and … that I just don't know that person.’ Ariadne believes the Catholic Church has been in denial about child abusers …

… One day when Cooper was 11, he was riding his bike near the church when Taylor asked him to help wash a car. After … firm for advice about taking action against Taylor and the Catholic Church. He was reluctant to go to Victoria Police … a wedding or baptism or communion or whatever [in] the Catholic Church – I don’t go to them now, but I used to go …

… of the abuse, Oskar entered into a legal process with the Catholic Church which made him feel traumatised all over again. ‘I … thought, “I’ve got to do something”.’ Oskar approached the Catholic Church and they set up a meeting with a priest …

… story ‘It is my forlorn hope that one day the Roman Catholic Church will cease to exist. They are just a bunch of dirty … Jim McMahon paid to him. When he started attending the Catholic primary school in Melbourne, the priest had …

… an inkling.’ Growing up, Fergal had been part of a strongly Catholic family with priests as regular visitors to his … In 1997, Fergal went through a mediation process with the Catholic Church. He received $30,000 but didn’t understand the …

… trained as a priest and later spent six years teaching in a Catholic school. Eventually he resigned from the school because of the Church’s failure to take action against a priest who … community’. Sometime later, Timothy bought a copy of the Catholic newspaper that listed the new postings for priests. …

… far back as he can remember, Chuck wanted to be a priest. Catholicism was a huge part of his life; he was raised in a devout family, attended church weekly, and prayed at home. In the 1970s, after his parents separated, Chuck was sent to a Vincentian Catholic boarding school in regional New South Wales. He was …

… an easy person to deal with and growing up in the Anglican Church, I relied on that community to provide solace and … at all because he was in the process of moving to the Catholic Church.’ The Anglican Church provided Irene with … coverage of Walters (now Father Walters), she contacted the Catholic Church to report him. ‘I went to a meeting and had …

… old at the time and training as an altar boy at his local Catholic Church in Queensland. It was the 1950s, a time when priests … old at the time and training as an altar boy at his local Catholic Church in Queensland. It was the 1950s, a time when …