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… Claire has never sought compensation or redress from the Catholic Church or Marist Brothers. In later life, Claire … are fine if you even get them. I think the way the Catholic Church has behaved is absolutely disgraceful and I …

… Bede's story In the mid-1970s, Bede was 13 and attending a Catholic school in Melbourne when he and his classmates were … he said. Thereafter, Bede often saw Father Matucci at church or at his parents’ business but no words were ever … got to start. You’ve got to start with the priests in the Catholic Church and educate them bastards of the reality of …

… the abuse by ‘not focusing on it’. He chose to leave the Catholic Church in his 20s because it was ‘too much’ for him. In the … early 2000s Ronnie disclosed the details of his abuse. The Catholic Church were having a ‘moratorium’ on child sexual …

… Lucy's story Lucy grew up in a large, devoutly Catholic family in Victoria where priests and nuns often … there was always ‘an enormous sense of the authority of the Church’. In hindsight, she believes her family was targeted … was eventually kicked out of that school and several other Catholic institutions before, at about age 15, she took …

… In the late 1960s Kirily was a boarder in Grade 5 at a Catholic convent school in rural Queensland. She recalled … title.’ Middock lived in the presbytery attached to the church, and girls from the school were required to make his … have abused many more children. For Kirily, that makes the Catholic Church just as guilty as the priest himself. When …

… he could leave his country town in Victoria and enrol in a Catholic boarding school run by the Missionaries of the … When he was younger, he had been an altar boy, attending church every week, but ‘that all changed. Hatred of people. … an organisation investigating sexual abuse by the Catholic Church. ‘All this stuff that goes on with the …

… friends offered to show him ‘gold’ in the nearby Catholic church. Urged on by the boys who stayed at the door, Cecil … away looking for work. The priest had known Cecil wasn’t Catholic and he must also have been familiar with his …

… O’Loughlin was effectively given free rein at Craig’s Catholic school, able to come and go as he pleased, often … trial, Craig engaged a lawyer to take action against the Catholic Church. After some negotiation he accepted a settlement for …

… Helene’s mother welcomed priests and brothers from the Catholic community into the family's home, and there was an … David called Helene aside one Sunday morning after church service and asked her to go for a walk. Helene said … never sought compensation from the Marist Brothers nor the Catholic Church. ‘It hadn’t even entered my head’, Helene …

… Gideon's story The middle child in a large, devout Catholic family, Gideon was sexually abused by his father’s … 12. It may be why he developed a great hatred of attending church, but he is ‘not sure’. On one occasion Steven, who … come forward because they are just too scared to.’ The Catholic Church, he said, merely wanted to protect its …