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… age of five. He stayed two years before being placed in a Catholic orphanage run by the Sisters of Mercy, where sexual … made application for redress through Towards Healing. Catholic Church staff were prepared to consider his account of abuse …

… in their small Queensland town, who ministered at the Catholic primary school Ben attended. Father Costa’s abuse … an altar boy. ‘He used to have his ways with me before the church service’, Ben told the Commissioner. Ben’s parents … he was moved to another parish. ‘It’s very common for the Catholic Church to do these stunts – when their priests go …

… As an adult, Glen has retained affiliations with the Church and has himself become a teacher in a Catholic school. Even though he still has faith and is strongly involved in the Catholic community, Glen decided to seek compensation from …

… a ‘bastard’, made a ward of the state and placed in a Catholic orphanage. When he turned 10, in the late 1940s, he … Fearing they wouldn’t be believed by police ‘who were all Catholics’, Thomas and others didn’t report the abuse. ‘The … with two other men in the mid-1990s. ‘I went to my local church and spoke to someone who knew the men who abused me, …

… often expressed strong opinions in discussions about the Catholic Church, and before they married he’d experienced … Owen took legal advice and sought compensation from the Catholic Church. ‘I wasn’t interested in the money side of …

… primary school. Then, in the mid-1970s, he was sent to a Catholic boarding school for his secondary education. ‘I was … was embarrassed and felt that he wouldn’t win against the Church. ‘I’ve always watched TV and how these things have … … Everyone else I love gets hurt.’ Wil still has faith as a Catholic and is hopeful for the future. Close relationships …

… action in the early 1980s while working as a teacher at a Catholic primary school. After noticing ‘sexualised … were feeble and dismissive. Undeterred, she met with the Church’s Special Issues Committee, which, to her surprise, … sexual abuse. ‘It’s common even up until this date to hear Catholics saying such things as, “They’re only wanting …

… I never did. This goes to how I was brought up, in a devout Catholic family, prayers every night and mass every Sunday … to have real trust in the priests and anyone to do with the church. And that left me totally and utterly confused when … I never did. This goes to how I was brought up, in a devout Catholic family, prayers every night and mass every Sunday …

… story Richard was raised in a large and very strict Catholic family in Sydney. ‘You never miss church. You wouldn’t dream of telling Mum and Dad "I’m not … abused - ’ … Richard was raised in a large and very strict Catholic family in Sydney. ‘You never miss church. You …

… moved onto a property that was situated next door to a Catholic monastery. Lyndon, who was about nine years old at the time, quickly formed a bond with several of the Catholic Brothers. He came to depend on them as a means of … hasn’t applied for any compensation from the Catholic Church. Still, he plans to explore his legal options and the …