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… Her civil divorce meant she was on the back foot with the Catholic Church, but her difficult financial situation meant she could send her children to the local Catholic school for very little money. For Max, Catholic …

… into care. She never came to visit him. He was sent to a Catholic orphanage in a regional town in Victoria, and … jail. A couple of years later Quenton was sent to work at a Catholic seminary in another town. He lived in the shed on … and has not taken any civil action against the Catholic Church. ‘You don’t oppose the Catholics because you’ll never …

… and it was recommended that he get in contact with the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing program. A senior staff member of … resulted in Stan receiving a letter of apology from the Catholic Church. Stan told the Commissioner that he was …

… to contact Towards Healing, the process set up by the Catholic Church to address child sexual abuse within the Church. ‘I … and justice for other victims of abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church. I can’t change the past, but I can change …

… five years old in the mid-1930s when he was sent to a boys’ Catholic boarding school in Western Australia. It was here … his mother and she withdrew him and sent him to a different Catholic school. When he was about 18 or 19, Merve met a nun … really saying anything. It was just how he talked about the Church and in some ways how protective he was of the …

… Shayley's story Shayley was raised in a Catholic family in Sydney’s north and attended the local Catholic primary and high schools. In the mid-1980s her … Sister Bethany was trying to protect the reputation of the Church and the school by taking the easy option of moving …

… about thing like that, particularly if they were staunch Catholics like Brendan’s family. ‘I think that sort of thing … The first few lawyers he spoke to – several of them Catholic – wouldn’t take the case, advising him to drop the … going to court with it.’ He considered suing the Catholic Church but gave up the idea because it seemed too daunting. …

… around the time that she started kindergarten at a Catholic school in Sydney. One morning the teacher informed … of a lawyer to help her raise some of her issues with the Catholic Church. The Church’s initial response was evasive and …

… Ignatius James's story Ignatius grew up in a Catholic family in Victoria, and went to a Christian … back there’. Throughout the 2000s, he became aware that the Catholic Church had failed to act upon repeated reports about …

… ‘Priests were next to God and could not do any wrong.’ Catholicism was an integral part of Brigitte’s life. Looking … didn’t include a priest as a guest. Her family were devout Catholics and she attended a Catholic school on the grounds … to report the abuse perpetrated by Jamison directly to the Church. She approached Bishop Martin, asking if he knew of a …