AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Dan Cox
The former bishop of the Catholic Church in the NSW Hunter Valley has told an inquiry into clergy sexual abuse he prays every day for the victims of paedophile priests.
The former Maitland-Newcastle bishop, Michael Malone, will be excused from the inquiry after giving some final evidence in camera today.
He finished giving public evidence late yesterday, concluding with a statement that he read to the Commission and later the media.
“It will probably take some years to rebuild the confidence that’s been lost in the Catholic Church,” he said.
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