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… The family lived in a small village and Fionn went to a Catholic primary school, where he had a good experience. In … entering religious orders. Father Thomas, a priest at his Catholic school, offered to let him live with the Brothers … the abuse because of Thomas’s very high standing in the Church at the time, and blamed himself instead, thinking …

… Case Study 06: Toowoomba Catholic school and Catholic Education Office The Royal Commission held a public … of the Truth Justice and Healing Council and other Church parties (PDF) Document Download PDF 282 KB …

… with the Christian Brothers and I’m angrier with the Catholic Church that has failed in its responsibility to have an … system that protects children.’ Edmund entered the Catholic education system in the mid-1960s after his parents …

… Gabriella's story ‘On the school grounds there was a church, a beautiful church. Sometimes I would see nuns … it was so beautiful.’ Gabriella’s mother believed that Catholic education was the best on offer. In the mid-1970s, when Gabriella was 11, she was placed in a Catholic primary school in a small town in Queensland. She …

… story of child sexual abuse at the hands of members of the Catholic Church. When he was growing up in the late 1960s, Ervin’s … Church – they weren’t even Christian – but he attended a Catholic college in suburban Melbourne because it was close …

… perpetually seeds itself in the present.’ That’s how former Catholic priest Marcus explains how child sexual abuse is … by Bob Williamson, the first non-religious principal of his Catholic school in Queensland. 11-year-old Marcus was … that Father Bannon had protected the interests of the Church, Marcus decided to address the issue for his own …

… Corrine Ellen's story Corrine and her large Catholic family moved to Sydney in the early 1970s, when she … so they established a group of friends within their new church, including one of the religious Brothers who would … to do.’ Corrine was far less happy when she approached the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing process, and eventually …

… 10 years, Susan had become involved with her local Anglican Church. She said she won’t go near a Catholic Church nor does she wish to follow up with any Catholic compensation scheme. Susan contrasted the Catholic …

… Elliot was brought up in the 1950s in Victoria, in a strict Catholic family. He was an altar boy at 11 ‘and very … abuse him, one day in his teens Elliot walked out of church and said, ‘I’m never going in again’. Elliot was … Elliot thought that ‘it was one of the things they do with Catholic Church kids. So that was the end of me and me …

… Witness in the early 1990s, after being brought up a Catholic. She and her husband John had moved to a small town … concept of God and belief, but I was disillusioned by the Catholic Church and along comes this religion that says we do this …