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3 unusual facts about Catholic sexual abuse cases in Australia


Catholic sexual abuse cases in Australia

William Kamm - leader of a schismatic group whose sexual offences predate his schism from the church

In November 2012 Archbishop Hart, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, stated that he welcomed and promised co-operation with a Royal Commission, announced by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, to broadly investigate child sexual abuse in institutions across Australia.

On 31 July 2012, NSW Police in Strike Force Lantle announced they would be providing prosecutors with evidence that Father Brian Lucas, general secretary of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Philip Wilson of Adelaide and Michael Malone, retired Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, had committed the offence of concealing a serious crime under s316 of the Crimes Act 1900 NSW in concealing child sexual abuse by the priest Denis McAlinden (now deceased) in the Maitland-Newcastle diocese.



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