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Key church lawyer alleges cover-up
The law professor who reviewed the Catholic Church's Towards Healing protocol says he can point to alleged contemporary cover-ups by the church and has withdrawn his support for the protocol.
State and Federal politicians challenge sanctity of the confessional
State and Federal politicians have challenged Cardinal George Pell's insistence on the sanctity of the Catholic confessional in the face of the royal commission announcement.
Cardinal Pell criticises 'negative' media coverage
13/11/2012 Cardinal George Pell attacks 'smears' and 'negative' media coverage of child abuse allegations and insists the Catholic Church has nothing to hide.
Sexual abuse victims seek justice from royal commission
13/11/2012 Victims of sexual abuse in other religious communities have hailed the royal commission as a means of obtaining justice for crimes committed against them.
Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry calls for Catholic Church to hand over files
12/11/2012 A Parliamentary Committee in victoria has begun the first public hearings in its landmark inquiry into child sex abuse within Victorian religious organisations. The inquiry has received hundreds of submissions, with many calling for laws to compell churches to report abuse to police and compensate victims..
Special Commission of Inquiry into allegations against the Catholic church
12/11/2012 The NSW Government has announced a Special Commission of Inquiry into the Catholic Church, following explosive allegations from a veteran police investigator. Detective Inspector Peter Fox told Lateline that his investigations were hindered by interference from within the Police force and by the Catholic Church.
PM announces royal commission into institutionalised abuse
12/11/2012 A Royal Commission is to investigate how and why churches, schools and even the police allegedly covered up or ignored the sexual abuse of children.
Teacher, Catholic brother arrested over alleged child sexual abuse
12/11/2012 New South Wales police arrested a Catholic brother and a former teacher from a Blacktown school on a number of alleged assaults against former pupils.
Interview with Father Frank Brennan, Jesuit Priest and lawyer
12/11/2012 Father Frank Brennan, Jesuit priest, Professor of Law at the Australian Catholic University and Professorial Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales, discusses the fundamental challenges ahead for the church and the call for a royal commission.
Inquiry told paedophile priests get lighter sentences
12/11/2012 A victims support group has told a Victorian parliamentary inquiry that priests convicted of child sex offences are given lighter sentences than other offenders, and that no victims have been satisfied with the outcomes of the Catholic Church's own complaints process.
Interview with Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox
12/11/2012 Interview with the policeman who helped trigger the Government's plan for a Royal Commission into the abuse of children in the nation's institutions.
Interview with Catholic priest Father Kevin Lee
09/11/2012 Father Kevin Lee claims to have witnessed the cover-up of serious sexual crimes within the Catholic church.
Catholic Church allegedly hid crimes of paedophile priests
08/11/2012 A senior serving police officer, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox, claims the Catholic church covered up crimes of paedophile priests, silenced investigations and destroyed crucial evidence to avoid prosecutions in the Newcastle-Hunter area of New South Wales.
Studio interview with Senior NSW Detective Peter Fox
08/11/2012 Detective Chief Inspector Peter
Fox, a 30-year veteran with the NSW police
force, alleges a cover-up by the Catholic church
into child sexual abuse and is calling for a Royal
Commission.
Pell withdraws support for St John's administration
06/11/2012 The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, has withdrawn his support for the administration of St John's College at Sydney University after revelations of a toxic culture of bullying and intimidation.
UK announces child sex abuse inquiry
06/11/2012 British prime minister David Cameron says he will launch an independent investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at a North Wales children's home in the '70s and '80s.
Cardinal calls for end to 'loutish' behaviour at St John's
05/11/2012 Australia's highest ranking Catholic official, Cardinal George Pell, has called for an end to what he's described as "loutish" behaviour at the prestigious Sydney University College, St John's. Several senior figures at St John's college have resigned over allegations of regular vandalism, bullying and anti-social behaviour by students.
Victoria Police slams Catholic Church
19/10/2012 Victoria Police has renewed its criticism of the way the Catholic Church has handled sex abuse cases, on the first day of a Parliamentary inquiry in Melbourne.
Former priest charged with 25 sex offences
18/10/2012 A 59-year-old former Catholic priest has been arrested at his home in Armidale, in regional New South Wales, and charged with 25 sex offences allegedly against three young girls, in the 1970s and 80s.
WA launches first paedophile register
15/10/2012 Australia's first official public sex offender registry has gone live from Perth despite warnings from psychologists that it will lead to vigilantism.
Church denies shielding priests
11/10/2012 The Catholic Church has rejected allegations by Victoria Police that it deliberately shielded priests suspected of child sex abuse and discouraged victims from coming forward.
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