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ALISTAIR BONE
A Waikato-based enquiry has been launched to find victims of a serial-paedophile priest who previously worked in the region.
Father Denis McAlinden is thought to have abused hundreds of girls aged between four and twelve in Australia and has at least one known victim in New Zealand.
But a researcher into sexual abuse by Catholic priests is certain the prolific Australian paedophile abused more than just one girl while he was working in the Hamilton Diocese in the 1980s.
Father McAlinden spent six months in the region in 1984, but only a single victim from his time here has so far come forward.
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