NEW ZEALAND
Otago Daily Times
October 19, 2018
By Chris Morris
Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull and Catholic Bishop Michael Dooley have added their voices to fresh calls for an expanded Royal Commission that includes faith-based victims of sexual abuse.
The calls came as about 30 survivors, supporters and representatives from the Catholic Diocese of Dunedin – including Bishop Dooley – gathered on the steps of St Joseph’s Cathedral yesterday.
They fell silent to remember victims of clerical abuse who had taken their own lives, then tied coloured ribbons to the cathedral gates to show support for survivors.
The ribbons came from across New Zealand and around the world, including from survivor and supporter groups in Australia and the United Kingdom.
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