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… were called to help out at the presbytery next to their Catholic school in outer Melbourne. McMahon was also … activities. Max described his parents as ‘brainwashed Catholics’. ‘Mum and Dad contributed to it a hell of a lot, … He felt deeply uncomfortable if he had to go into a church for weddings or funerals, and was outraged whenever …

… was the response when he approached an official from the Catholic Church. ‘The last thing he said to me was, “Why don’t you … response, because of the abuse he experienced at both his Catholic schools from a very young age. When Mitch was told …

… Commission, said their mother went from being a devout Catholic to someone who wanted nothing to do with the Church. She was troubled, not only by the abuse against … Conall’s mother requested her funeral not be held in the Catholic Church. In the late 90s she accompanied Conall to …

… but there’s a want to be apart.’ Clark was raised in a Catholic family, living in a small town in New South Wales … emotions and hide things. He relied on his teachers at his Catholic primary school for emotional support, and also … suicide. At 15 Clark found solace in the Catholic Church. This was an eye-opening time, and he was able to …

… knew Brother Hector Saunders, the principal of his Sydney Catholic boys’ school, to be a violent man who often … but didn’t think anyone would believe him, especially his Catholic family who’d never expect nuns or Brothers to do … said. To have his first disclosure shunned by the Catholic Church shocked and hurt Clarence. He said nothing more about …

… story John Patrick was one of six children in a devout Catholic family in regional Victoria where he was educated in the local Catholic school. In the mid 1960s, John’s Grade 3 teacher, … funeral. His mother had put so much faith and trust in the Church but had been betrayed by the abuse its clergy had …

… in her small Victorian town to take up a post as the local Catholic priest. He stayed several years before the bishop … and cheered for their football team and filled the pews at church on Sunday. But beneath it all something had cracked. … on their own.’ ‘It’s directly because of Blayney that the Catholic community has diminished here. There’s no other …

… his siblings were taken by the government and placed in a Catholic mission, which was a fair distance away from his … money’ he didn’t want. He also received $3,000 from the Catholic Church and shared all the money with his children. Brody …

… Domenica was sent to live in a girls’ home run by a Catholic order of nuns, while her brothers went to a … discovered they had been sent to Australia as part of a Catholic migration scheme. Life at her new home was harsh, … one of which involved assisting the priest to set up the church for a service. When performing this duty, Domenica …

… form that said … the applicant would be committed to Catholic values. And I wondered what their values were and … the bishop. He then reported to the Diocesan Director of Catholic Schools. In a written statement, Shawn recalls the … matter alone.’ Shawn didn’t report it any higher within the Church. ‘At that point I’d realised that, if the parish …