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  Current Media Coverage

The Age, Melbourne 




April 23, 2012

Push to widen sex abuse inquiry   Jane Lee


April 18, 2012

Baillieu bows to pressure Josh Gordon

One night at the presbytery

Church Inquiry 'not enough' Josh Gordon and Barney Zwartz

Sexual abuse inquiry hamstrung by practical limitations Barney Zwartz

Video


April 14, 2012

Editorial: Stop stalling, Mr Baillieu


The truth deserves a commission Judy Courtin

Sex-abuse crisis deepens

Urgent need to shine light on church  Barney Zwartz


April 13, 2012

Church's suicide victims

Police to pass 'abuse' death details to coroner


March 10, 2012

The silence of the cloth under siege Chrissie Foster


March 1, 2012

Report demands state action on child safety

Inquiry push over clergy abuse cases



December 12, 2011

An balanced and fair article on the major issue as to whether the Church can ever be considered exempt from State jurisdiction.

Where do faith and state separate?


December 6, 2011

Catholic church failed to tell police of sex abuse

December 5, 2011

Report on rally attended by 100+ people:

Rally presses case for inquiry on priests' abuse

December 3, 2011

The story of another insider who has called for change - in vain, and the case of another victim:

A plea for an inquiry and a tale of the one who got away

Chrissie Foster writes with the total calm of one who has gone through the very worst and speaks the simple truth from the heart:

The church has failed victims of clergy. The state must not


EDITORIAL:

State must act on crimes in church


October 14, 2011


Judy Courtin writes: To prevent further harm [to children], there must be an independent inquiry

Clergy victims need justice now


October 14, 2011

EDITORIAL

Child abuse and the church: no more excuses



September 2, 2011

Church abuse victims call for government to step in


August 9, 2011

Sins of Brothers demand inquiry



 The Waverley Leader

1 Dec 2011

Foster family take sexual abuse inquiry call to rally at Parliament


30 Oct 2011

State Government to investigate church practices

CATHOLIC Church practices will be put under the microscope as part of a vulnerable children's report.


19 Sep 2011

Oakleigh parents' plea for inquiry on abuse

TWO signatures stand between an inquiry into the alleged sexual abuse of two Oakleigh girls and other alleged victims by Victorian clergymen.


16 Aug 2011

Oakleigh family's plea for church abuse inquiry
A FAMILY'S plea for justice for their daughters has been put to the State Government.

9 Aug 2011

Oakleigh MP's abuse inquiry plea

OAKLEIGH state MP Ann Barker is to meet Attorney-General Robert Clark tomorrow as the campaign for a state inquiry into sexual assaults in the Catholic Church intensifies.


12 Apr 2011

YOUR SAY: Is church abuse inquiry needed?

AN OAKLEIGH family's horror at the hands of a Catholic priest could trigger an independent inquiry.

10 Sep 2010

Oakleigh mum speaks out on kids' sexual abuse

AN OAKLEIGH mum whose daughters were abused by a priest has written a book to teach other parents of the warning signs.


7 Sep 2010

Truth and suffering

THE story of disgraced parish priest Kevin O'Donnell is a horrific one.



1 Sep 2010

A mother's tale of truth and suffering

THE story of disgraced parish priest Kevin O'Donnell is a horrific one

 

The Courier, Ballarat

December 2, 2011

Rally to call for independent inquiry into church sex abuses

December 5, 2011

Ballarat residents rally for Catholic Church sex assault victims


Geelong Advertiser

December 5, 2011

Clergy sex abuse rally

 EUREKA STREET

Unlocking the culture of clergy sex abuse

Michael Mullins
April 22, 2012