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Geelong Advertiser
Mandy Squires | November 17th, 2012
GEELONG priest Kevin Dillon says a public rally against the handling of Catholic Church abuse claims could help send a message to the church’s leaders.
Ordinary Catholics should consider letting the “blind and deaf” church hierarchy know they do not agree with the way abuse claims have been handled and want a new way forward, Father Dillon of St Mary’s Basilica said.
A rally would also show support to abuse victims, he said.
“Maybe what we need is a march up Bourke St like we had for Jill Meagher a few weeks ago, to say to church leaders we want a different approach,” Father Dillon said.
“We want people who have been violated and had their lives ruined to be looked after and we’re sick and tired of this business of being told how good it (the Catholic Church’s own system for handling abuse claims) is, when it hasn’t been able to produce one victim to actually say that.”
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