AUSTRALIA
Premier (UK)
Tue 06 Sep 2016
By Hannah Tooley
Survivors of abuse at the hands of church leaders in Ballarat, in Victoria, Australia, will be given the profits from an estate formally used by a bishop who has been blamed for allowing paedophile priests to operate in the region.
Ronald Mulkearns used the £1.2 million ($2.1m Australian) estate, however, now the money from the sale will now be used to help victims of abuse, according to the diocese.
The bishop died in April and Paul Bird took over.
He told the Herald Sun: “Whatever the diocese of Ballarat receives from Bishop Mulkearns’ estate, I intend to set aside for assistance to victims of abuse.
“This will continue the support that the diocese has given to abuse victims over many years.”
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