AUSTRALIA
ABC – 7.30
[with video]
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Broadcast: 09/07/2012
Reporter: Adam Harvey
A new claim of abuse adds to questions being asked of the Catholic Church’s reaction to the issue, even as Sydney’s Auxillary Bishop Julian Porteous gave his response from the pulpit.
Transcript
LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER: The aftershocks from the latest sex abuse scandal continue to shake the Catholic Church. Archbishop George Pell is under growing pressure over conflicting accounts senior clergy have given about the confessions of the priest known as Father F.
Tonight another victim has come forward to 7.30 to describe the abuse he endured at the hands of the disgraced former priest.
Adam Harvey reports the man’s family reported the matter to the Church hierarchy, but nothing was done.
ADAM HARVEY, REPORTER: The spiritual heart of Sydney’s Catholic community, St Mary’s Cathedral. It’s Sunday mass and the pews are full. If ever the spirits of the faithful needed lifting, it’s now.
JULIAN PORTEOUS, AUXILIARY BISHOP: Once again, sadly the crime of sexual abuse of children has been raised. This is the most heinous crime.
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