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… an alcoholic. When the twins were two, they were put into a Catholic residential home in western Sydney. Their older … Rella recalled. The girls regularly arrived at their local Catholic school with marks from the beatings, but no … children. The sisters have now found faith in a different Church, and told the Commissioner it’s this that has kept …

… day her religious education teacher (himself known by the Catholic Church as a paedophile) sent her to Jacob’s office. The … a religious person and I was brought up in a very dogmatic, Catholic, working class family, we were just taught to …

… read from a prepared statement. ‘My mother was a devout Catholic and her aim was to educate her children in the Catholic faith, which is “the one true faith”. They talk … age. Except that there was absolute trust in the Catholic Church and clergy … They were like gods. ‘When we were at …

… wanted to be a priest.’ Cade grew up in a staunchly Catholic family in regional New South Wales and became an … included.’ During this time, Father Graham came to their church to serve as a relief parish priest. Graham was ‘a … I wanted to distance myself as far as I could from the Catholic Church, its teachings, its people.’ Cade ‘became …

… story Father Martin Lowe was a junior priest at Joshua’s Catholic church in the 1980s, and was also associated with his … … Father Martin Lowe was a junior priest at Joshua’s Catholic church in the 1980s, and was also associated with …

… sexually abused by Father Kevin, the priest at her local Catholic Church in Melbourne, over a five-year period from the age of … sexually abused by Father Kevin, the priest at her local Catholic Church in Melbourne, over a five-year period from …

… At first Stephen didn’t want compensation from the Church, just for the truth to be told, but he’s now … ... But you know what? I’m thinking now how much money the Catholic Church have got, and how much of a hide they’ve got … ... But you know what? I’m thinking now how much money the Catholic Church have got, and how much of a hide they’ve got …

… she just told me it couldn’t happen, she didn’t believe the Church could be like that.’ Charlie told the Commissioner … that many of the students attending the college were from a Catholic orphanage, and he expressed sadness for those … After watching a documentary about sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in the mid-1980s, Charlie called a Christian …

… six, he was put into the care of his grandmother, a strict Catholic who regularly welcomed priests and Brothers into … Zachary said that he has never been able to forgive the Catholic Church. He knows that Brother Ignatius - who has been …

… men during a time when she was ‘heavily involved’ with her Catholic parish in the 1980s. She said one of the men, a … to the coast with another friend she’d made through the Church. ‘Doug worked on a Catholic newsletter and offered to take Cameron on a weekend …