Newcastle Catholic Bishop supports abuse inquiry
Newcastle's Catholic Bishop says he would support a public inquiry into sexual assaults at a time when there are growing calls for a Royal Commission into clergy abuse.
View ArticleClergy Abuse victim backs Royal Commision
A Hunter Valley clergy abuse victim says a Royal Commission is the only way to ensure more people do not end their lives.
View ArticleSentence doubled for paedophile church worker
A former Hunter Valley church worker has had his sentence doubled for sexually abusing 20 boys.
View ArticleVictims of paedophile Church worker back Royal Commission calls
Victims of a Hunter Valley paedophile church worker, who has had his jail time doubled, have backed calls for a Royal Commission into child abuse within churches.
View ArticleHunter abuse victims welcome Royal Commission
Across the Hunter Valley victims of child abuse by clergy and their families are welcoming news that after years of fighting, there will finally be a full national Royal Commission.
View ArticleHoly Hell launched at Cathedral
Victims of sexual abuse by the clergy and the Catholic Church hierarchy have gathered in Newcastle's cathedral complex to acknowledge a family's suffering after their son was raped by a priest.
View ArticlePolice praised over another clergy abuse cover-up arrest
A Hunter Valley clergy abuse victim has applauded police for pursuing yet another Catholic priest and charging him with covering up child sex offences.
View ArticleDefrocked priest to stand trial over child sex
A defrocked Hunter Valley Catholic priest has been committed to stand trial for child sexual offences.
View ArticleWhistleblower says no legal protection won't change evidence
Hunter Valley detective Peter Fox says despite being told he will get no special legal protection it will not change the evidence he gives to the inquiries into child sexual abuse.
View ArticlePraise for child sex abuse info centre
A Church counsellor has praised an information centre set-up to allow people to come forward in the lead-up to a probe into sexual abuse by Hunter Valley priests.
View ArticleHunter church abuse inquiry moves to next phase
The police whistleblower who sparked an inquiry into an alleged cover-up of abuse in the Hunter Valley's Catholic Church says he is glad the first half of the probe is over.
View ArticleInquiry told paedophile priest used prayer to control abuse tendencies
A former bishop of the Hunter Valley's Catholic Church is giving evidence at a NSW inquiry into child sexual abuse.
View ArticleAccused priest given charge of bigger parish
The former bishop of the Hunter Valley's Catholic Church says a priest accused of child sexual abuse was given a bigger parish because of a "staff shortage".
View ArticleAbuse victim thanks whistleblower cop
A victim of a Hunter Valley paedophile priest has praised the policeman who blew the whistle on an alleged cover-up.
View ArticleVictims would have been supported if they wanted police involved: abuse inquiry
A Catholic Church official says victims of paedophile priests would have been supported by the diocese if they wanted to go to police.
View ArticleAbuse inquiry enters 8th week
The inquiry into child sexual abuse in the New South Wales Hunter Valley will hear more evidence from senior Catholic clergy when the public hearings resume this morning.
View ArticleCatholic schools boss says bishop did not discuss paedophile priest: inquiry
Former NSW Hunter Valley Catholic schools boss says he cannot remember the bishop ever discussing standing down a paedophile priest.
View Article'Outsider' called in to help church deal with abuse claims
The former head of the Catholic Church's child protection unit in the Hunter Valley says the bishop was keen to get advice from outside of the diocese.
View ArticleFormer priest pleads guilty to child sex offences
A notorious former Hunter Valley catholic priest has pleaded guilty to multiple child sex offences.
View ArticleSexual abuse victim eagerly awaits Special Commission findings
A Hunter Valley man who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest says he is anxious to read the findings of the Special Commission of Inquiry.
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