Catholic Church Bows to Abuse Petition

By Anthony Klan
The Australian
June 20, 2014

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/catholic-church-bows-to-abuse-petition/story-fngburq5-1226960523426#mm-premium

THE Catholic Church has agreed to begin paying child-abuse victims of an Adelaide ­special school after 12 years of legal wrangling, following a petition that gained more than 104,000 signatures.

Peter Mitchell, whose son was sexually abused at the St Ann’s special school in Adelaide more than two decades ago, and who launched the petition in February, said the Catholic Archbishop for Adelaide, Philip Wilson, had agreed to meet him in mediation.