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‘I’m not a used car salesman’: Can the archbishop chart a new course?

Comensoli Clergy Sexual Abuse Title: ‘I’m not a used car salesman’: Can the archbishop chart a new course? Author: Farrah Tomazin Publisher: The Age Date: 10MAY2020 After almost two years as Archbishop of Melbourne Peter Comensoli remains an elusive figure to many Catholics, and a study in contrasts to the wider public. It’s August 2018, and

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Child Sexual Abuse

New Catholic Archbishop is confronted by 93yo Eileen Piper over child abuse

Eileen Piper confronts Comensoli Author: Ben Schneiders & Royce Millar Publication: The Age Date: 30AUG2018 A 93-year-old woman publicly confronted the new Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne on Thursday with the harrowing story of how the clergy sexually abused her late daughter. Eileen Piper, her face stricken with grief, presented Archbishop Peter Comensoli with a picture of

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