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Snowdon's Guilty Secret: Class, Abuse and Hypocrisy in the Catholic Church
... of his chosen representative in Australia, Cardinal George Pell, theological dissent has been quashed, women marginalised, social and ... espoused and clerical triumphalism reasserted. George Pell has been wont to say that Australian Catholics are ungodly. They are not ...
admin - 01/07/2016 - 12:10
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After negotiations, a bishop admits hurting 'young adults' in his past
... Meanwhile, even before these comments from Cardinal Pell and Fr Brian Lucas in June 2009, Broken Rites noticed that the annual ...
admin - 11/07/2018 - 09:15
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A Sydney priest is serving a five-year jail sentence for child-sex crimes
... to receive a formal apology in person from Cardinal George Pell. The relief that came with the compensation and apology was significant ...
admin - 04/05/2021 - 11:15
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Paedophile priest Peter Searson worked under various bishops in Melbourne
By a Broken Rites researcher , article updated 1 May 2020 ...
admin - 05/07/2020 - 02:53
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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