AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
Pam Casellas, The West Australian
December 11, 2012
In tonight’s special edition of Compass, Geraldine Doogue investigates the child sexual abuse crisis in Australian churches, from the groundbreaking 1992 Compass program The Ultimate Betrayal to Julia Gillard’s recent Royal Commission announcement.
When Compass lifted the lid on clerical sexual abuse in Australia with the shocking film The Ultimate Betrayal it was dismissed by many as unthinkable.
Two decades and several groundbreaking documentaries later, Compass charts the full saga of the child sexual abuse crisis in Australian churches that led to the Royal Commission announcement.
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