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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… by the priest and handed it to a high ranking member of the Catholic Church. Although he seemed genuinely shocked, because he … by the priest and handed it to a high ranking member of the Catholic Church. Although he seemed genuinely shocked, …Dorian'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… one other person it’s worth it.’ Dorian grew up in a large Catholic family in north Queensland. In the early 1980s, … sexually abused Dorian until he was 12, assaulting him at church functions and when Dorian helped out as an altar boy. … one other person it’s worth it.’ Dorian grew up in a large Catholic family in north Queensland. In the early 1980s, …Jack Nicholas'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… I was always fearful of them both.’ Jack’s parents were not Catholic, but his uncle was, so when he offered to pay the … Rites, the organisation that exposes sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. They were unaware that Brother Theo had been …Roderick'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 Roderick described his upbringing as staunchly Catholic with seven aunties who were nuns and an uncle and … sought legal advice about claiming compensation from the Catholic Church. ‘My initial disclosure of this to the Commission was …Prue Sarah'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… live in abject fear for many, many years.’ According to the Catholic order of nuns who ran the Brisbane children’s home … the only thing that allows her to sleep. Prue contacted the Catholic Church in the early 2000s. When she met with a nun from the …Wally'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… lodgings at the home of Mrs O’Farrell. She was a strict Catholic who pressured Wally’s father to send his son to the Marist Brothers’ school, even though the family was of Church of England background. From the time he arrived, … It was only me. I always thought it was because I wasn’t Catholic. I used to go home and tell Dad and Mrs O’Farrell …Cathie'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… state. It was the late 1960s, and they were all sent to a Catholic boarding school in regional Western Australia. … Cathie went to live at an Aboriginal mission run by a Catholic Order, who were very cruel to the children. One day … was my fault and I was punished for it. I was locked in the church and made to clean it, including the bishop’s tomb. I …Earle'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… Young Christian Students connected with his New South Wales Catholic school. Camps and retreats were among the various … to maintain a strong religious faith, was active in his Catholic Church community and didn’t think the actions of Jones …Beverley June'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… touched me.’ In the late 1990s, Beverley applied to the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing process. She met with a … nun did to me – I only spoke about the nun – she said, “A Catholic nun would not do that to you”. And she said, “And …Astrid'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… Astrid, moving on to her sisters instead. Astrid’s devout Catholic family didn’t have many visitors in the 1960s. They were honoured when Malloy, the priest from their Catholic church, began coming over. Everyone stood up when he entered …