AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
Daniel Fogarty and Genevieve Gannon, AAP
May 31, 2013
Cardinal George Pell hopes and prays that the worst of the sexual abuse scandal is behind the Catholic Church.
He says the church is making recompense for the decades of abuse and there have been very few recent cases.
Victims and advocates disagree and say recent revelations are just the tip of the iceberg.
For Stephen Woods, who endured sexual abuse at the hands of pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, Cardinal Pell’s evidence to the Victorian parliamentary inquiry on Monday did nothing other than demonstrate that Australia’s most senior Catholic and other church hierarchy still don’t get it.
Mr Woods, like many fellow victims and advocates, believes that only new leadership and a change of attitude can bring real healing.
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