Royal Commission finds abuse of children a ‘catastrophic institutional failure’ of the Catholic Church

Among the worst of it was a letter. It was dated August 20, 1984. The Archbishop of Melbourne at the time, Frank Little, whose role would later be succeeded by the ambitious George Pell, wrote telling parishioners that he would not be investigating allegations of abuse by a priest as requested. He felt it was “improper”. It was down to them to approach the priest, Father Peter Searson. The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has issued a damning final report into “case study 35” on the Archdiocese of Melbourne exposing the culture of secrecy and failures.

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