AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Gordon Taylor
An Indigenous woman from Queensland who was abused by a Catholic priest in the 1960s says the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse must examine the widespread abuse of Aboriginal children by members of the Catholic Church.
Tjanara Goreng Goreng was repeatedly sexually abused by a Catholic priest over several years while attending boarding school at the Range Convent in Rockhampton.
After 30 years of silence, she took on the Catholic Church and won a settlement for the years of abuse by the priest.
He had abused many other Indigenous children throughout Queensland and was eventually jailed for his crimes.
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