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Church accepts two complaints about girls being sexually abused by a priest
... He was ordained as a Redemptorist priest in 1943 in Ballarat, Victoria. According to research by Broken Rites, Father Frank ...
admin - 11/30/2013 - 11:50
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Church leaders gave this pedophile priest a grand funeral
... Noel Daly (from Bendigo). Connors later became the bishop of Ballarat. Four Broken Rites representatives were standing at the rear ...
admin - 10/02/2019 - 11:30
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The church protected "Father F" for 30 years but eventually he was jailed
... *SECTION 1 is an introduction about church victims in Ballarat VIC; *SECTION 2 (starting at 5min 50sec) is about John Joseph ...
admin - 03/30/2021 - 03:14
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About Us
Since 1993, Broken Rites Australia has been researching the cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Too often, the church supported the offending clergy while ignoring the victims. For example, Broken Rites has shown how the church shielded the criminal priest Father Gerald Ridsdale for 32 years without reporting his crimes to the police. Finally, in 1993, some Father Ridsdale victims contacted the police. These victims also contacted the newly-formed Broken Rites.
This photo demonstrates why Broken Rites was needed. In the photo, Catholic priest Gerald Ridsdale (left, in sunglasses and hat) walks to court, accompanied by his support person (a bishop), when Father Ridsdale was pleading guilty to his first batch of criminal charges in May 1993. But no bishop accompanied the victims, who felt deserted by the church leaders. Therefore, since 1993, Broken Rites research has supported many of the Catholic Church's victims, as shown on this website. Read More