Anne Avery
After responding to Peter Kelso on Facebook and discussing my case, I found Peter to be very understanding and helpful. Both Peter and Ashley were
It’s a horrible thing to learn that a loved one has been abused. What’s even worse is when the perpetrator turns out to be someone you trusted, like a teacher or parish priest.
Paedophile priests were protected by their seniors who moved them from parish to parish after their horrific crimes were uncovered by concerned parents and members of the public. Time after time, senior members of the clergy failed to step in and say, “This is enough.” These individuals, who were held in such high regard by society, failed to take real action and report these criminals to police. Instead, they stayed quiet, held secretive meetings, and shuffled these monsters from one parish to the next.
No community in Australia was safe from these priests and their protectors.
After responding to Peter Kelso on Facebook and discussing my case, I found Peter to be very understanding and helpful. Both Peter and Ashley were
In June 2014, I gave evidence to the public hearing of the Royal Commission into Child Abuse at Christian Brother institutions. At the hearing it
Thank you, Peter… Survivors like us live with the constant knowledge that religious institutions are not always what they purport to be – and they
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