AUSTRALIA
The Australian
DAN BOX THE AUSTRALIAN SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
FIVE men are taking legal action against a Sydney-based Catholic order alleging they were abused as schoolboys by a priest who remains with the organisation despite church leaders having known for decades about similar allegations against him.
The alleged victims of the priest, who has not been convicted of any offence, say they are concerned about his role managing the order’s archives and that he may have access to children.
The national royal commission into child abuse, which begins hearing public evidence today, will rely heavily on documents supplied by the Catholic Church, having issued it with about 40 separate notices to produce such files.
Many of the former schoolboys said they had confidence to begin legal proceedings only after the royal commission was announced and hoped it would help end a culture of silence.
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