Catholic Church calls Melb victims forward

Sky News
December 23, 2015

http://www.skynews.com.au/news/local/melbourne/2015/12/23/catholic-church-calls-melb-victims-forward.html

The Catholic Church is urging anyone who was sexually assaulted at Melbourne's St Patrick's Cathedral during the 1990s to come forward.

Victoria Police's Sano Taskforce is investigating allegations male teenagers were assaulted at the East Melbourne church between 1996 and 2001.

The alleged victims were aged 14 at the time.

'Victoria Police is committed to investigating and bringing to justice those people who prey on children no matter how many years have passed,' Sergeant Sharon Darcy said in a statement on Wednesday.

Catholic Church spokesman Shane Healy told AAP he couldn't comment on the investigation but he urged other victims and witnesses to come forward.

The Catholic Church has made a number of submissions to the ongoing Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse.

It will return to Ballarat in February, when Cardinal George Pell is due to appear.

Cardinal Pell was the Archbishop of Melbourne between 1996 and 2001.