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Ballarat's children

Ballarat in western Victoria became the location of an epidemic of clerical paedophilia. The dark tragedy affects thousands of lives to this day. It is widely acknowledged the Catholic Church protecte... Read more

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Broken silence, broken lives

Broken silence, broken lives

For decades, victims of clerical paedophilia in Ballarat had suffered in silence. With the first conviction of Gerald Ri... Read more

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Without let or restraint

Without let or restraint

In the wake of the Ryan-Day episode in 1972, rates of clerical offending exploded in the Ballarat Diocese. Priests and r... Read more

23 Oct 2016

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