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.  
In a frank admissions to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Christopher Prowse said on Tuesday an “extraordinary level of trust” was invested in priests in country communities.

http://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/story/4483983/regional-areas-breeding-ground-for-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-told/?cs=12