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ABC News
The Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Wagga Wagga, Gerard Hanna says he believes a local woman who alleges she was abused by a priest in Italy in the 1970’s.
Anna Pratelli from Wagga Wagga went public last week, alleging she was abused as a teenager by a Salesian priest in Sicily who is now dead.
Ms Pratelli has refused an offer of $20,000 from the Catholic Diocese of Wagga Wagga to fund a return to Italy, citing concern about wording in the deed of offer that the order of assistance came from the Vatican.
Bishop Hanna says the Diocese has provided Ms Pratelli with pastoral care for more than two years.
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