George Pell Ridsdale Photo Title: Gerald Ridsdale photo that haunted George Pell for decades Author: Chantelle Francis Publisher: News.com.au Date: 11JAN2023 The moment George Pell was grilled by ABC reporter Leigh Sales about a photo that haunted the cardinal has re-emerged after his death. For 29 years, there was one photo Cardinal George Pell was
George Pell Ellis Defence Title: Catholic Church says family members not included in victim laws Author: David Estcourt with Adam Cooper Publisher: The Age Date: 04AUG2022 Key points Lawyers for the church told Supreme Court justice Michael McDonald on Thursday that legislation passed to make the church liable for abuse claims did not apply to
George Pell Unfit Archbishop Title: George Pell not ‘fit and proper’ to be archbishop or priest, lawsuit claims Authors: David Estcourt and Adam Cooper Publisher: The Age Date: 15JUL2022 Lawyers acting for the father of a former choirboy have claimed the former senior Catholic cleric was not a fit and proper person to be a priest
George Pell Ellis Defence Title: Father’s civil case against Catholic Church, George Pell reaches court Authors: Adam Cooper and Carla Jaeger Publisher: The Age Date: 14JUL2022 Lawyers for the Catholic Church could resurrect a legal strategy to defend a civil claim launched by the father of a former choirboy who prosecutors had alleged was sexually abused
Heartbreak relived Catholic Church Title: Heartbreak relived: Catholic Church seeks abuse victim’s abortion record Author: Tammy Mills Publisher: The Age Date: 23DEC2021 A woman who was sexually abused by a Catholic priest says the church is now trying to subpoena deeply personal medical records, including of an unrelated abortion, as part of her lawsuit against the
Kevin O’Donnell Paedophile Priest Title: Legal payout brings hope for other victims of paedophile priest Author: Adam Cooper Publisher: The Age Date: 26JUL2021 As the first of Kevin O’Donnell’s victims to report the paedophile priest to police, he paved a courageous path for other abuse survivors to follow. Now, he hopes the $1.375 million he
Christian Brother Ted Bales Title: Former Christian Brother Ted Bales admits to abusing another 19 children Author: Adam Cooper Publisher: The Age Date: 11Jun2021 Convicted paedophile and former Christian Brother Ted Bales has pleaded guilty to abusing 19 children in the 1970s and 1980s, bringing to 50 his total number of confirmed victims.Bales on Friday
St Alipius Gerald Ridsdale Title: ‘I can move on’: $1.5 million payout to St Alipius sex abuse survivor Author: Henrietta Cook & Chris Vedelago Publisher: The Age Date: 10APR2021 A Victorian man who was sexually abused by Australia’s most prolific paedophile priest has reached a $1.5 million settlement with the Catholic Church, one of the
Warragul priest Daniel Hourigan Title: Church’s appeal loss paves way for abuse survivors to sue Authors: Adam Cooper and Tom Cowie Publisher: The Age Date: 18DEC2020 The Catholic Church has failed in its appeal over a compensation payout to a sexual abuse survivor, and now faces the prospect of being sued by hundreds of other
Church’s legal defence ‘dismantled’ Title: Church’s legal defence ‘dismantled’ after sex abuse pay-off thrown out Author: Tom Cowie Publisher: The Age Date: 01OCT2020 A victim of sexual abuse who signed away his rights to sue the Catholic Church has had the settlement overturned in a landmark Supreme Court judgment, paving the way for hundreds of