AUSTRALIA
Daily Telegraph
AAP
November 12, 2012
A VICTIMS group on Monday will present to the Victorian government inquiry into sex abuse by priests a list of 18 convicted pedophile priests who were moved from parish to parish or further away, where they continued offending.
Helen Last of In Good Faith, a consultant for the Melbourne Victims Collective, will present the evidence to the state inquiry into how the churches handled sex abuse by priests, Fairfax says.
It comprises men who have been convicted in criminal courts or found by the Catholic Church’s own investigation to have had credible complaints made against them.
Ms Last said the church has known through its Pastoral Appointments Board and its bishops that there have been problems with the conduct of all these priests previously reported to them.
She said the placements gave these priests access to primary and secondary schools, hospitals, orphanages and other care institutions.
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