Kudos to Gillard.

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http://www.smh.com.au/national/diagn...122-29sun.html

THE Catholic Church's little-known treatment clinic for clergy with psychosexual problems harboured known paedophiles and shielded them from police scrutiny.

Whistleblowers closely involved with the now defunct Encompass Australasia program allege paedophile clergy were diagnosed with a ''mood disorder'' in order for them to be treated at Sydney's Wesley Private Hospital and meet private health insurance criteria.

A well-placed source aware of the status of some clergy treated by Encompass Australasia between 1997 and 2008 said he believed several did not have a mood disorder but were ''cold and calculating criminals'' who bragged about their exploits with children to others while at the hospital.

''Some of these people were not mentally ill, in my opinion. They were criminals who knew exactly what they had done and were proud of their achievements,'' the source, who asked not to be named for fear of being sacked, said. ''People who should have been in Long Bay Jail were still living in the community.''
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Two faced lying hypocritical catholic ****s! I hope their peadophile network is sued into oblivion!

Chook.

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http://www.theage.com.au/national/so...123-29xmi.html

'Sociopathic' Pell compelled rape victims into silence, inquiry told..

Date November 23, 2012 - 1:22PM

Cardinal George Pell showed a ‘‘sociopathic lack of empathy, typifying the attitude and response of the Catholic hierarchy’’ to parents whose daughters were repeatedly raped by a priest, the Victorian inquiry into child abuse has been told.

Anthony Foster told how they met the cardinal – now Archbishop of Sydney – when he was Melbourne Archbishop, in a furniture storage room at a Melbourne presbytery. They were squeezed on to a narrow wooden bench, while he sat in a ‘‘grandiose’’ padded leather chair.

In our interactions with the now-Cardinal Archbishop Pell, we experienced a sociopathic lack of empathy, typifying the attitude and responses of the church hierarchy.

He expressed no emotion when shown a picture of the Fosters’ daughter Emma harming herself – she later killed herself – and told them: ‘‘If you don’t like what we are doing, take us to court.’’

Mr Foster, who appeared before the inquiry with his wife, author and advocate Chrissie Foster, and daughters Katie and Aimee, said the sociopathic response was their experience in meeting the cardinal, in watching him discuss their family in the media, and in the fact that neither the cardinal nor his replacement as Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, had tried even once to contact them.

Katie Foster is in a wheelchair after being hit by a car when she was drunk. She turned to binge drinking after the abuse at Sacred Heart school by Kevin O’Donnell, though the church had received complaints in 1946, 1958 and 1984 that he was a child-abuser.

The parliamentary committee room was packed, but there was utter silence as Mr Foster said if after any of those complaints church officials had removed O’Donnell from ministry, ‘‘our daughters and scores of other victims would have been spared their life of torment and the crippling effects’’.

The Fosters refused the ‘‘paltry’’ sum the church offered under its Melbourne Response and went to court.

Eventually, exhausted, they settled, but for vastly more than they had been offered by the compensation panel.

Mr Foster told the inquiry: ‘‘We fervently hope that you have the strength of character to stand up for the rights of children against the Catholic Church. Victoria could lead the way.’’

Amy Foster said she had ‘‘suffered absolute heart-loss’’ in what happened to her two sisters, suffered from depression and panic attacks, and that she still fantasised about what their life could have been like.

After the hearing, Mr Foster told Fairfax Media: ‘‘I’m after justice for victims. I’m not a revenge person or I would have done things differently – I don’t want any more to die.’’

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-2...8?WT.svl=news0

The head of the Patrician Brothers in Australia has apologised after a brother jailed for child sexual abuse was referred to as a "treasure" in a church publication.

Patrician Brother Thomas Grealy was convicted of molestation and buggery charges in 1997.

He spent four years in jail for the rape and indecent assault of two boys while as principal at the Patrician Brothers' Primary School at Granville in Western Sydney.

During his trial the court heard Brother Augustine, as Grealy was then known, would cover the statue of the Virgin Mary in his office with a coat to hide his shame before abusing the nine and 10-year-old boys in his care.

Not only does he remain a Patrician brother, in a September newsletter not only is Grealy standing alongside leaders of the Patricians in Australia, he is referred to in the caption as one of three "Patrician treasures".

Lawyer Jason Parkinson represents five men who allege they were abused by Grealy in the 1970s.
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The cover ups are being uncovered already and the Commission hasn't even been given it's terms of reference.

Bring it on! Death to religions!

Chook.