By Rebekah Ison
Australian Associated Press
A 92-year-old woman fighting for justice over her late daughter’s alleged sexual abuse has met with Melbourne’s Catholic archbishop but says his sympathies don’t cut the mustard.
Eileen Piper says Archbishop Denis Hart gave her a letter and said he would pray for her in a closed-door meeting shortly after he gave evidence at the child abuse royal commission on Thursday.
Ms Piper’s lawyer, Judy Courtin, said Archbishop Hart extended his sympathies for what had happened to the widow, whose 32-year-old daughter Stephanie killed herself in 1994, the year after revealing she had been raped by Pallottine priest Gerard Mulvale as a teen.
But he did not acknowledge the abuse occurred, Ms Piper said
“I’m sorry to say… nothing has changed,” Ms Piper, who travelled from Melbourne, told reporters after the meeting outside the royal commission in Sydney.
“It’s not over. I’m not prepared to let that happen.”
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