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The Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne allowed a priest charged with child sex offences to be the ”spiritual director” to another priest accused of child molestation, reports The Age.
The revelation is contained in confidential Catholic Church documents obtained by the paper.
The documents show how senior church leaders continued to shield Father Victor Rubeo from scrutiny after child sex abuse allegations about him were first reported to the archdiocese in 1994.
Rubeo, who did not deny the allegations when questioned by a senior church official, was allowed to continue preaching in Melbourne’s Boronia parish without his parishioners or police being told of his child abuse.
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