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… story ‘I can deal with anything in life except anything Catholic, or church … I can’t walk into a church.’ In the 1970s, when … One of his friends suggested that sending her to a Catholic home might be a good solution. Her mum and dad went …

… Joshua's story Joshua’s parents were devout Catholics and every Sunday the whole family would go to church. Joshua was an altar boy. His parents sold their … nevertheless managed to finish his schooling, outside the Catholic system. Joshua knows of three former class members …

… late 1970s, when he was waiting to go to confession at a Catholic church in Sydney and needed the toilet. Although at seven … the church building. He was never taken to that particular Catholic church again. Around this time Jarryd also became …

… have been able to do it. And I’m so glad that these days in Catholic schools priests aren’t that revered.’ Taila’s … filled with family violence fuelled by alcohol. ‘I wasn’t Catholic until he came into my life and then he had me … got me out of class.’ Father Samuel took her to the nearby church and made her perform oral sex on him and then fondled …

… early 1980s was a six-year-old kindergarten student at a Catholic primary school near his home. A few weeks after … he was fondled and kissed by the choirmaster of his local Catholic church, but at the time he didn’t consider it as bad as what …

… said she’d heard a lot about sexual abuse by priests in the Catholic Church, and she wanted it known that nuns could abuse … early 1970s, Gayle and her sister were sent to board at a Catholic college in New South Wales for a year. From the …

… public, they don't comprehend it.' Belinda went to a Catholic school in Melbourne. At the age of 13, in the … and just see it as a damage control process on behalf of Catholic Insurance. To the Church, the victim is the Church and they have a siege …

… boys run by the De La Salle Brothers, an order of the Catholic Church. Life at the government institution was grim. There … payout. He is currently seeking compensation from the Catholic Church. Its initial response to his claim was to …

… of Sydney. She and her sister were enrolled in the local Catholic primary school, with Vonni going into Grade 4. She … you know, we were released from him, and sit behind the church. We never spoke of it. We had a little songbook we … legs, and she used to say, having been brought up a staunch Catholic … “Oh well, you must have deserved it”. I mean, …

… eight years of age, Gary began as an altar boy in his local Catholic church in Melbourne. Soon after he started, he and the other … of the abuse, including his partner, and reported it to the Catholic Church. Gary wanted justice and to be heard by the …