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Inside story: Broken Rites knew about these two abusive priests
... priests, including Fr Ronald Pickering and Fr John Stockdale . Eighteen years later, in September 2011, another clergyman ... John Hepworth ) revealed in the media that Pickering and Stockdale were among three priests who sexually abused him, beginning in 1960 ...
admin - 08/11/2019 - 11:37
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This "celibate" priest (a child molester) died in a sex cubicle at a gay club
... The Catholic Church sheltered Father John Stockdale for 31 years in parishes in northern Victoria, Australia, while he ... crimes against boys. Parishioners complained about Father Stockdale being a danger to children but these warnings were ignored. The ...
admin - 09/28/2022 - 11:41
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Black Collar Crime (to December 2015)
... from Broken Rites HERE . Fr John Stockdale , Victoria The Catholic Church harboured Father John Peregrine Stockdale for decades in parishes in the Sandhurst (Bendigo) diocese, covering ...
admin - 07/25/2023 - 01:32
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