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… that I’d seen … for victims of abuse, particularly in the Catholic Church, triggered my memories … It took me back to events.’ … violent and this led to Des receiving extra support at the Catholic high school he attended, a boys’ school in Sydney …

… grandmother was a ‘full-on Christian’ and Gordon went to church morning and night. He was also sent to the primary school that the local Catholic church ran. There he encountered Brother Ryan, who … He was also sent to the primary school that the local Catholic church ran. There he encountered Brother Ryan, who …

… had a history of abusing children and the response of the Catholic Church to allegations was to move him between schools and … She was told by the priest overseeing the process that the Catholic Church hierarchy had decided nobody who’d been …

… For the three years Iggy served as altar boy in his Catholic parish in Victoria he was repeatedly sexually … a ritual. ‘[He’d say], “I find you guilty of disobeying the Catholic Church and disobeying me as a priest. I therefore sentence …

… their country of birth and then enrol their children in Catholic schools. ‘They gave up a lot to live a life of … one of the Christian Brothers at his school walked into the church adjoining the school and asked Alberto why he was … report to police but is bringing a civil claim against the Catholic Church. In addition to his wife’s loyalty and …

… Hayden (pseudonym) In the early 1990s Hayden moved to a new Catholic school for the final two years of high school. He and his family were practising Catholics and Hayden was considering entering the clergy as … and got on with his life. However, he stopped going to church and his loss of faith is something he feels deeply. …

… it a lot.’ In the mid 1970s Mona was sent to board at a Catholic girls’ school run by the Sisters of Mercy in … other students joined a sports team attached to the parish church. ‘The nuns trusted the coach and manager of the team, … me out of the car.’ These young men had also been taught at Catholic schools in the area. Mona believes they were …

… man, Maurice Kretsch, who used to take him to Anglican church camps in the Adelaide Hills. ‘The camps basically … Once, in a church, Fraser was raped so violently by a Catholic priest that he bled for three days. After going … In the early 90s Fraser met a senior member of the Catholic Church and told his story. ‘He said, “Oh, I can’t …

… mother when she was eight weeks old and adopted by a devout Catholic couple. Her adoptive father was an alcoholic and … the 1990s, Tilly was usually the only child present at the church before the early morning services. Father Johnson … that ‘the adoptive people, they were very devout Catholics … So they felt it was a fantastic idea to send us …

… been contributory.’ He sometimes participated in Uniting Church services, but had no ‘time for the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church’. ‘I just can’t be bothered. I really lost … my faith from it. Not my faith in God, but my faith in the Catholic Church.’ He described now being ‘looked after …