The Victorian Supreme Court is refusing to release files
detailing a string of legal claims against former bishop of Ballarat
Ronald Mulkearns over his alleged role in covering up the extensive
sexual abuse of children by pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale.
Sixteen of Ridsdale’s victims have launched Supreme Court action against Bishop Mulkearns, who was told of Ridsdale’s sexual abuse of children while in charge of the western Victorian diocese and who oversaw the movement of the priest from parish to parish, including interstate.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/court-closes-files-to-public-on-bishops-alleged-cover-up/story-fngburq5-1227612952857?sv=239177e4f9ea5311dc7981ca040ceea8
Sixteen of Ridsdale’s victims have launched Supreme Court action against Bishop Mulkearns, who was told of Ridsdale’s sexual abuse of children while in charge of the western Victorian diocese and who oversaw the movement of the priest from parish to parish, including interstate.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/court-closes-files-to-public-on-bishops-alleged-cover-up/story-fngburq5-1227612952857?sv=239177e4f9ea5311dc7981ca040ceea8