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… Jayne being abused by two men who were revered by the local church community. Church was a compulsory Sunday event for … quite a lot. When she was about seven, and a pupil at the Catholic school next to the church, two of the priests … quite a lot. When she was about seven, and a pupil at the Catholic school next to the church, two of the priests …

… Kevin Vincent's story Kevin grew up in a staunchly Catholic family in Victoria in the 1950s. In a written … to question Martin’s actions because ‘at the time in the Catholic religion it was considered that a priest was the … the rigid … doctrines insisted upon by the Catholic Church at the time totally dominated the attitude and …

… sexually abused by Father Holmes, a priest at their local Catholic Church. Neither knew about the other’s abuse till they … when they were in their 50s. Liana is still a practising Catholic who has found a measure of forgiveness for Father …

… was the mid-1960s and Brien was an 11-year-old student at a Catholic school in Sydney. He didn’t understand Brother … action. Step one of this strategy was to send Brien to the Catholic Church’s Centacare services for counselling. At Centacare, …

… he was in his 50s. Danielle and Clint grew up in a large Catholic family and near their home in country Victoria was … altar boy by one of the visiting priests at their local church. Clint disclosed the abuse to Danielle when they were … there was no one else to do so. She hadn’t approached the Catholic Church about Clint’s abuse, nor the television …

… system, Joey was supported to attend a suburban Brisbane Catholic primary school. The priest arranged for Joey’s schooling to be funded. The church was on the school premises and the priest lived next … from the Queensland Government in 2006 and approached the Catholic Church’s compensation scheme, Towards Healing, to …

… grew up in Queensland. In the 1960s she was sent to a Catholic school on the Gold Coast. Her family life was … begged and pleaded and cried for him to stop. I was in the church broom closet. He put his hand on his mouth and told … take the word of a local drunk’s daughter over a Roman Catholic priest. I felt trapped and alone.’ When she was 16 …

… mother, a single parent. Even though the family wasn’t Catholic, in the mid 1980s they went on a camp organised by … had difficulty with people or symbols associated with the Catholic Church, but meeting her husband’s mother who was a devout …

… was paid by the Marist Brothers and archdiocese, not the Church’s insurance company. In the years following his … involved in religious education and studies in school. The Catholic Church was everything to me since I was a young … involved in religious education and studies in school. The Catholic Church was everything to me since I was a young …

… Kristin’s family, who lived in rural Victoria, only went to church occasionally. However most of the kids were sent to the local Catholic primary school, which was a couple of streets away … However most of the kids were sent to the local Catholic primary school, which was a couple of streets away …