Commission Redacted Report Ballarat
Title: Report Of Case Study No. 28 Catholic Church authorities in Ballarat
Chair: The Hon. Justice Peter McClellan AM
Commissioners: Justice Jennifer Coate and Mr Andrew Murray
Publisher: Commonwealth of Australia Royal Commission Into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse
Date: Nov 2017
Table of contents Preface 4 1 Introduction 2 Executive Summary 21 3 The Congregation of Christian Brothers 103 3.1 The Christian Brothers in Australia 104 3.2 Knowledge of allegations about Christian Brothers in St Patrick’s community, Ballarat 108 3.3 Brother Gerald Leo (‘Leo’) Fitzgerald 111 3.4 Brother BWX 123 3.5 Stephen Farrell 135 3.6 Edward Dowlan 142 3.7 Peter Toomey 184 3.8 Conclusions about the response of the Christian Brothers to allegations and complaints of child sexual abuse 192 4 The Catholic Diocese of Ballarat 194 4.1 Structure and governance 195 4.2 Monsignor John Day 197 4.3 Gerald Ridsdale 237 4.4 350 4.5 386 4.6 Conclusions about the response of the Diocese to allegations and complaints of child sexual abuse 403 4.7 The experiences of survivors and the impact of child sexual abuse on the Ballarat community 421 4.8 Disclosure and the effects of faith 428 4.9 Impact on families 430 4.10 Suicide and premature death 432 4.11 Impact on the Ballarat community 433 5 Systemic Issues 440 Appendix A: Terms of Reference 441 Appendix B: Public Hearing 448 Appendix C: Ridsdale’s list of appointments 455 Appendix D: Data 456 Endnotes 460
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