Sins of the Seminary
Spike in claims against Church prompts calls for Andrews to intervene
An unprecedented spike in legal action against Victoria’s Catholic Church has prompted calls for the Andrews Government to help ease growing court delays faced by abuse victims.
- Farrah Tomazin, Debbie Cuthbertson and Chris Vedelago
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Catholic church swamped with hundreds of new sex abuse claims after legal change
The end of the "Ellis defence has opened the floodgates to new legal actions, prompting financial trouble for the church and long delays for victims.
- Chris Vedelago, Farrah Tomazin and Debbie Cuthbertson
The Catholic church rethinks seminary training after its child abuse scandal
"One has to wonder whether seminaries are the place or way to train men for the priesthood now," says Australian Catholics Bishops Conference chair Mark Coleridge.
- Farrah Tomazin, Chris Vedelago and Debbie Cuthbertson
Ground zero: How the Ballarat diocese exported paedophiles to the world
At least seven priests and brothers at a Warrnambool school sexually abused children from the 1960s to the 1990s. The church then sent three of them overseas to do the same.
- Debbie Cuthbertson, Andrew Thomson, Farrah Tomazin and Chris Vedelago
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'Seduction' of children did little harm, said Catholic gatekeeper
The psychologist in charge of vetting candidates for the priesthood in Melbourne was himself later accused of sexual misconduct by his patients.
- Chris Vedelago, Farrah Tomazin and Debbie Cuthbertson
How a Melbourne seminary became the breeding ground for paedophile rings
Corpus Christi was where sexually repressed men could “act out” with each other, living double lives, then transfer their attentions to the most innocent in their flocks.
- Farrah Tomazin, Chris Vedelago and Debbie Cuthbertson
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Revealed: How paedophile priests in Victoria worked together to share victims
"Seminarians would come out through the corridor into the sitting room and select a boy to go back with them," says an explosive new statement of claim.
- Farrah Tomazin, Chris Vedelago and Debbie Cuthbertson
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