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By PETER COLLINS March 5, 2014
AFTER weathering years of negative feedback about sexual abuse cover-ups, Warrnambool’s Catholic Church parish leaders have taken a proactive approach by opening up the previously taboo topic for discussion.
Tomorrow two discussion workshops will be held in St Joseph’s Church foyer to address the issue of child sex abuse within the wider community and its impact on victims.
“This is an opportunity for the church and wider community to come together for a greater understanding of the issues associated with child sexual abuse,” parish priest Father John Fitzgerald said.
“We know that child sexual abuse was ineptly and unsympathetically handled by the Catholic Church.
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