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… 2014. The public hearing inquired into the responses by the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, and the South Australian … abuse by Brian Perkins at St Ann’s Special School, by the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide (including the Catholic … (PDF) Document Download PDF 672 KB Submission of the Church Parties (PDF) Document Download PDF 701 KB Submission …

… it didn’t occur to me that this was out of the ordinary. ‘Catholic family – we weren’t exactly strong on sexual … several survivors of child sexual abuse who suffered in the Catholic school system. He is acutely aware of the far … are too often told what they should be feeling and doing by Church mandated programs like Towards Healing. ‘In terms of …

… the only child to be removed and placed into care with the Catholic order. He was never told the reasons, though he had … if Deakin is still alive. He would like an apology from the Catholic Church and some help with his ongoing treatment. Now in his …

… was sent to an orphanage run by the Christian Brothers Catholic order when he was 11 years old. The first few years … just to jump on this mob’s head. Irrespective whether it’s Catholic, Protestant, Church of England, Salvos. Children can’t put up with this …

… was closed. He was caught by police and sent to stay at a Catholic institution run by the De La Salle Brothers. Alex … report the abuse. He entered a mediation process with the Catholic Church and eventually received about $330,000 in …

… the 1960s, when Max was nine years old and in Year 4 at a Catholic primary school in Melbourne, De La Salle Brother … for people to understand who haven’t been brought up in the Catholic religion is that even that man to a degree was fairly powerless, because the Church was unquestionable. He probably had to go home and …

… the whole thing.’ When she was 16, Melinda joined the local Catholic youth group and became its youngest member. Here … had his baby and another whose abortion was paid for by the church. For decades following her abuse, Melinda strove to … Until a year ago, she’d continued to have faith in the Catholic Church but said it was lost when she read about …

… just in me all the time’. When Charles told a high ranking Church official what Brother Williams had been doing, the … … I was just out of control’. Charles went through the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing process. ‘That fucked me … of the abuse they suffered at his school and at other Catholic schools in his town. ‘It’s not just your soul they …

… Oliver's story Oliver is from a large Catholic family and attended a primary school run by the Church in his country town. His Year 3 teacher in the early … talking about the history of child sex abuse at the local Catholic schools. Oliver decided he could handle it. The …

… called the base to tell him. He also arranged for the Catholic chaplain, Father Carmichael, to console Warwick. … me off base and we went to the house which is next to the church. He went in there and I went in with him and there … He has never applied for compensation from the navy, or the Catholic Church. ‘No, never worried about it. I don't know, …