AUSTRALIA
The Courier-Mail
Retired Queensland Bishop Brian Heenan ashamed of child abuse in Catholic Church, Royal Commission hears
MICHAEL MADIGAN THE COURIER-MAIL APRIL 20, 2015
A RETIRED Queensland Bishop has expressed deep sorrow about child sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church, and spoken of his own “terrible sense of shame and disgrace”.
Bishop Brian Heenan, appearing at the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse at Rockhampton, said listening to a week of evidence from victims had moved him deeply.
“I realised all over again how dreadful it must have been for them,” Bishop Heenan, appointed in 1991 and now retired, said.
“I just want to say, my heart goes out to you, and that has been reinforced this week because of what you have shared with us.”
The Royal Commission has heard evidence from victims of child sexual abuse in Rockhampton, including former residents of Neerkol Orphanage, west of the city.
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