AUSTRALIA
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AAP
A clergy abuse victim hopes the royal commission exposes the extent of “hideous” child sex abuse by Christian Brothers.
The child abuse royal commission returns to Ballarat on Monday to focus on allegations involving the Christian Brothers and hear from a key Catholic bishop who knew about pedophile priests.
Four members of the Catholic order abused children at a Ballarat school but this week’s hearing will extend beyond that diocese to cover the wider St Patrick’s Province of the Christian Brothers.
Stephen Woods, who was abused by two Christian Brothers and Australia’s worst pedophile priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale, wants the commission to expose the cover-up.
“I know that there’s going to be a lot of hideous stuff come out,” Mr Woods said.
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