AUSTRALIA
Broken Rites
By a Broken Rites researcher (updated 10 December 2013)
Broken Rites is researching a senior Catholic priest, Father Rex Brown, who was protected by the church while he committed sexual crimes on children – including numerous boys but also some girls. The church has been forced to admit that Brown was an abuser and it has been forced to make settlements with some of his victims.
The settlements were made through the church’s “Towards Healing” process, and these victims have found the Towards Healing process to be an unsatisfactory experience.
In 2007 the Lismore diocese accepted a complaint from one of Rex Brown’s victims (let’s call him “Edgar” — not his real name) and the diocese agreed to sign a deed of settlement with Edgar. Broken Rites knows about Edgar’s case because he had previously sought advice from Broken Rites about how to obtain justice.
In 2013 the diocese made a settlement with a female victim of Brown. This victim feels now feels that she has been victimised AGAIN by the way the church treated her during the Towards Healing process.
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