AUSTRALIA
Sky News
Some clergy are in denial about pedophilia and do not believe Australia’s worst pedophile priest abused children, a priest says.
Former Diocese of Ballarat priest Gerald Francis Ridsdale is in jail for abusing 53 children but Fr Eric Bryant says some older clergy in particular are still in denial about pedophilia.
‘I know Gerry Ridsdale’s still got friends amongst the clergy who don’t see the severity of what he has done,’ Fr Bryant told the child abuse royal commission.
He said some priests, and a lot of people in society, still did not understand the impact of pedophilia and try to look to the good things Ridsdale did as a priest.
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