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… were separated and sent to stay with families from their church community. Father Raymond began to sexually abuse … special. So that was very much with me’. Being a staunch Catholic, Mathilda thought, ‘If I could just be good enough … tried to tell Sister Margaret, the principal at her Catholic primary school, what Father Raymond was doing, ‘She …

… It mustn’t have happened.’ Gemma has never applied to the Catholic Church or the Sisters of Mercy for compensation, and finds … They have got away with it for this many years. I mean, the Catholic Church, they knew what was happening and they did …

… and those in authority and especially your teachers in a Catholic school’. Rowan was in Year 7, ‘and … often the way … with the lawyers and the non-communication with the Church. The lack of response … I didn’t feel like I was part … without me being part of it, or being included in it’. The Catholic Church made no attempt to apologise to Rowan. ‘What …

… start [a support group] which was directed primarily at the Catholic Church.’ Francis reported his abuse to Queensland Police, … wrote to and subsequently met with senior members of the Catholic Church seeking an apology and acknowledgement of …

… eight or nine, she was abused by a visiting Brother at the church connected to her Melbourne primary school. She and … leave the base by himself. A senior officer, also a Catholic, arranged sponsor houses for James so he could … has never thought about applying for compensation from the Catholic Church, ‘because I didn’t know the guy’s name’. …

… and the three girls ended up spending 11 years in various Catholic-run foster homes, where they were physically, … the first few weeks in short-term accommodation run by Catholic nuns before being placed in the care of a foster … then.’ Several years ago she participated in the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing process. Initially she was …

… Timothy David's story Before Timothy he went off to a Catholic boarding school in Victoria, his uncle gave him some advice about how to survive. ‘He went to Catholic schools all his life. My uncle said, “If anyone … of it’, and the case went nowhere. However the Catholic Church did pay Timothy some compensation, which he described …

… Martyn grew up in the 1960s, part of a ‘very traditional Catholic family, whatever that means’. It was a large … He began his schooling locally, at a small co-educational Catholic school. When he was nine or 10 he moved to the much … Catholic schools. ‘One thing I do value in the Catholic Church is their sense of social justice – that’s something …

… college and after graduation both got jobs working in Catholic schools in Victoria. When Bronwen became pregnant … position at another school. When a staff member of the Catholic Education Office visited the family home, Bronwen … two priests and afterwards he continued to be active in the church community. ‘When I left, he was still giving out …

… have told us they were abused in a place of worship, in a church youth group or seminary. About eight percent report … institutions reported to us by survivors. Many of these are Catholic institutions. Although we will look at a … hearings it is inevitable that there will be multiple Catholic institutions which must be considered. You will be …