WELLINGTON (NEW ZEALAND)
Stuff NZ
November 6, 2018
By Damian George
A Wellington priest who took down ribbons tied to the gates of his church by child sexual abuse survivors has had a change of heart.
The ribbons were tied to the gates of the St Mary of the Angels Catholic church in Boulcott St on Thursday to acknowledge historic sexual abuse of children in the Wellington Diocese, particularly at St Patrick’s College in Silverstream and Wellington City, and St Bernard’s College in Lower Hutt.
But they were removed early on Friday by parish priest Kevin Conroy, who cited the church’s policy that nothing could be placed on its grounds without permission.
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