A LEADING Catholic bishop stands accused of lying to the child abuse
royal commission about crimes committed by Australia’s worst paedophile.
Brisbane’s auxiliary bishop, Brian Finnigan, the former adviser and secretary to former Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns, insisted in the past few days he only learned of Gerald Ridsdale’s horrific crimes against children after 1993, when Ridsdale was charged.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/leading-catholic-bishop-brian-finnigan-accused-of-lying-to-royal-commission/news-story/e7615cfd0df9736843ea32a0450e2b67
Brisbane’s auxiliary bishop, Brian Finnigan, the former adviser and secretary to former Ballarat bishop Ronald Mulkearns, insisted in the past few days he only learned of Gerald Ridsdale’s horrific crimes against children after 1993, when Ridsdale was charged.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/leading-catholic-bishop-brian-finnigan-accused-of-lying-to-royal-commission/news-story/e7615cfd0df9736843ea32a0450e2b67