AUSTRALIA
The Courier
By TOM MCILROY
Feb. 14, 2013
REPRESENTATIVES of more than 30 survivors of clergy sexual abuse will give evidence to a Victorian inquiry when it returns to Ballarat on February 28.
A large group of survivors and advocates is expected to attend the hearing at the Ballarat Lodge with evidence related to a group submission from the Ballarat region to be heard.
Participants in the group submission elected not to give evidence when the inquiry first visited Ballarat on December 7 last year, seeking to avoid additional trauma during the Christmas period.
Geelong priest Father Kevin Dillon is expected to give evidence during a regional hearing on Friday, becoming the first Catholic priest in active ministry to speak to the inquiry.
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