n October 2002, the Catholic Church in Australia paid a senior
barrister, Mr Alex Southwell QC, to investigate an allegation that,
about forty years earlier, a trainee priest named George had sexually
abused a twelve-year-old altar boy at a holiday camp for young boys in
tents on Phillip Island, south-east of Melbourne. According to Mr
Southwell's report, the former altar boy (referred to in this article as
"C ", for Complainant) has alleged that, on several occasions, the trainee priest George thrust his hand down the inside of C's pants and got "a good handful" of the boy's penis and testicles; and C also alleged that, on other occasions, George tried to guide C's
hand into the front of George's pants. In the year 2000, when C was
aged 50, he discovered (from television news footage) that the trainee
priest George had risen to become the archbishop of Melbourne.
C was shocked — "he did not think it right that someone who had behaved indecently towards children should lead the church," the Southwell report says. So, beginning in 2000, C wanted to alert the church authorities. C emphasised that he was not seeking compensation; he merely wanted the church authorities to note the alleged incidents. Mr Southwell concluded that C "appeared to speak honestly from an actual recollection", while Archbishop George Pell (who was indeed present at the altar boys' camp) denied the alleged abuse.
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C was shocked — "he did not think it right that someone who had behaved indecently towards children should lead the church," the Southwell report says. So, beginning in 2000, C wanted to alert the church authorities. C emphasised that he was not seeking compensation; he merely wanted the church authorities to note the alleged incidents. Mr Southwell concluded that C "appeared to speak honestly from an actual recollection", while Archbishop George Pell (who was indeed present at the altar boys' camp) denied the alleged abuse.
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