Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse: Regional areas ‘breeding ground’ for child sex abuse, inquiry told

Melissa  Cunningham
Updated February 22 2017 - 10:50am, first published 10:41am
Regional areas ‘breeding ground’ for child sex abuse, inquiry told
Regional areas ‘breeding ground’ for child sex abuse, inquiry told

Regional areas were a “breeding ground” for emotionally immature Catholic clergy who easily entrenched themselves in communities and went onto sexually abuse children undetected, an inquiry heard.   

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Melissa  Cunningham

Melissa Cunningham

Journalist at The Courier

City of Ballarat and Social Affairs Reporter

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