Tag: Western Australia

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Identities of abusers should be listed on church websites, WA child sexual abuse inquiry finds

Community Development and Justice Standing Committee Title: Identities of abusers should be listed on church websites, WA child sexual abuse inquiry finds Authors: Daryna Zadvirna and Nicolas Perpitch Publisher: ABC News Date: 15AUG2024 The names of known child abusers should be published prominently on church websites and the WA government should create a centrally accessible

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New report in Western Australia says Catholic Church must do more to help abuse victims

Western Australia Reports Catholic Silence Title: New report in Western Australia says Catholic Church must do more to help abuse victims Author: Crux Staff Publisher: Crux Date: 16AUG2024   A Western Australia parliamentary committee gave its final report after examining the support available to survivors of institutional child abuse, saying the Catholic Church and other religious entities

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Priest urges Vatican to intervene as fresh sexual misconduct allegations emerge from the Diocese of Broome

Diocese Broome Vatican Scandal Title: Priest urges Vatican to intervene as fresh sexual misconduct allegations emerge from the Diocese of Broome Author: Erin Parke Publisher: ABC Kimberley Date: 09NOV2020 A second priest has broken ranks with the Catholic Church, going public with concerns about what he has described as the “abysmal and extremely unjust” Vatican response

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Documents reveal church stayed quiet on sexual misconduct allegations against Broome Bishop for almost a year

Bishop Saunders Church Silence Title: Documents reveal church stayed quiet on sexual misconduct allegations against Broome Bishop for almost a year Author: Erin Parke Publisher: ABC News Date: 04JUL2020 The Catholic Church was told of sexual misconduct allegations against a Western Australian bishop nearly a year before it took action, according to new documents obtained by

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Perth archbishop slams confession seal ‘slur’

Seal Confession Canon Law Title: Perth archbishop slams confession seal ‘slur’ Author: Marilyn Rodrigues Publisher: The Catholic Weekly Date: 19MAY2020 Minister’s comments called out as ‘virtue signalling’ Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has written a sharp rebuke to Western Australia’s Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk after she called on him to support forcing priests to

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Church leaders protected this criminal priest, Father Gerard Mulvale, resulting in a victim’s suicide

Title: Church leaders protected this criminal priest, Father Gerard Mulvale, resulting in a victim’s suicide Author: Broken Rites Researcher Publisher: Broken Rites Australia website: brokenrites.org.au Accessed website: 27FEB2020 The Catholic Church harboured a paedophile priest (Gerard Mulvale) in a Melbourne parish, enabling him to sexually target the parish’s youth group. This church-abuse (and the church’s

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