AUSTRALIA
Hobsons Bay Weekly
By GOYA DMYTRYSHCHAK
Feb. 12, 2013
HOBSONS Bay councillors are expected to defy a council officers’ report that recommends not changing the name of a street named after a paedophile Catholic priest because there’s insufficient support.
A report prepared for last night’s council meeting recommended against changing the name of Rubeo Avenue in Altona Meadows.
As reported exclusively in the Weekly on November 28, a mother and daughter petitioned for a change.
Point Cook woman Christine Dunsmore and her mother Jen Austin, of Altona North, believe their former family priest Victor Rubeo “shouldn’t be revered in any way, shape or form”.
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