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Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… when Aleks was six, he and Justin were baptised as Catholics. Their new church was not far from their home in Victoria and it was … when Aleks was six, he and Justin were baptised as Catholics. Their new church was not far from their home in …Jessica Eve's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… with her mother and brother as part of a government and Church-supported migration scheme. Upon their arrival in … with her son. In the mid 2000s, Jessica participated in the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing program. She received … with her son. In the mid 2000s, Jessica participated in the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing program. She received …Braith's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… years he lived in five different institutions, four of them Catholic. Braith remembers the nuns at the home he was in … an online article citing civil action brought against the Catholic Church by an ex-student who’d been sexually abused by …Thomas Ian's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… the things I’ve done.’ In the 1970s, Thomas was placed in a Catholic orphanage for a short time before he was five years … family in Queensland, Thomas came to the attention of his Catholic primary school principal, Mr Rush, a former … I don’t think about it.’ Thomas approached the Catholic Church for redress over 20 years ago but they refused any …Avrill's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… the man was sent back to England and jailed, but that the ‘Catholic Church had covered it up’. The orphanage was run by the … Mother Christopher said, ‘stop telling lies’ and ‘good Catholic men don’t do that’, and threatened to belt her if …Alexander Martin's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… story Alexander was eight years old when he was sent to a Catholic boys’ home in regional Victoria, operated by the … he had been abused there. They recommended he contact the Catholic Church about compensation. He does not want to have to ask …Aster's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… and made a state ward. One of her brothers ended up in a Catholic boys’ home, where he was also sexually abused. He … negatively impacted on her wellbeing. She was placed in a Catholic children’s home, where the nuns regularly dragged … At eight she was fostered out, through the Catholic Church, to a woman who had been previously deemed too …Barney Matthew's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… the abandoned family. Barney found himself in a Melbourne Catholic boys’ home where a certain nun ‘was sadistic in her … bruises from her treatment.’ He was then sent to another Catholic orphanage. ‘If I’d known what the future held, I … wasn’t the only one and, sadly, it wasn’t only the Catholic Church either. It was the Salvation Army. It was the Church …Sandro's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… with you. I just didn’t know.’ Sandro’s family was devoutly Catholic, and ‘always looked at the Church for guidance and for law’. In the 1970s, when Sandor … with you. I just didn’t know.’ Sandro’s family was devoutly Catholic, and ‘always looked at the Church for guidance and …Lachy's story
Content warning: This story is about child sexual abuse. It may contain graphic descriptions and strong language, and may be confronting and disturbing. If you need help, please see support services… until 2012 after he’d started engaging with staff of the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing program. It was a process he found … was queried by the insurance company that represented the Catholic Church. As a result of the meeting, Lachy received …