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Posted by: Derryn Hinch | 15 November, 2012
I was off-air yesterday obviously, attending the funeral of dear friend and AW colleague Paul Barber. And I expressed some of my thoughts on the AW website. It was a lovely funeral.
As my grandma would say: ‘They done him proud’. It was a Catholic service at the Immaculate Conception church in Hawthorn. Before the service I had a private chat with the celebrant, Father Kevin Dillon of Geelong. A fine man of the cloth.
He has appeared several times on this program as long ago as when Pope John Paul II visited Melbourne. Father Dillon is actually a listener and he applauded my on the marathon campaign I have waged against child abusers. Especially in his church.
And it got me thinking. How hard it must be right now… how hard it must have been for years.. for decent, honourable clergymen having to (by association) wear the revulsion and opprobrium we have for paedophile priests.
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