HOBART (TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA)
ABC News
September 7, 2017
By Stephen Pigram
[Note: See also the research about Msgr. Philip Green at Broken Rites.]
Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic clergy are demanding that a memorial plaque depicting a convicted offender be removed from St Marys Cathedral in Hobart.
The plaque on the external wall of the cathedral honours former Archbishop Sir Guilford Young and depicts the late Monsignor Philip Green.
In 2004 Green pleaded guilty to assaulting a former altar boy and was given a three-month suspended jail term.
Julian Punch, a prominent former Hobart priest, also claimed he was sexually assaulted by the former Monsignor.
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The Archdiocese of Hobart said the plaque was erected in memory of Archbishop Young, who was until recently buried at the foot of the installation with other Tasmanian Catholic bishops.
In a statement, the church said there were “no immediate plans” to remove the artwork.
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