Priest Used Confession to Groom Victim

By Dan Box
The Australian
July 3, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/victim-told-police-how-priest-took-her-on-drives-when-she-was-11/story-e6frgczx-1226673400974

A PEDOPHILE Catholic priest groomed at least one of his victims during confession, using deliberately suggestive questions to encourage the schoolgirl to talk about sex.

Witness statements tendered to a NSW government inquiry into church child abuse, as well as the text of a letter sent by Father Denis McAlinden, reveal how he systematically groomed girls as young as four.