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18 June 2019

Catholic Church sex abuse memorial reinstated as survivors call for meeting with Bishop

The head of the Catholic Church in Auckland has called on parishioners to respect child sex abuse memorial ribbons after abuse survivors raised concerns. The destruction of a "Loud Fence" memorial outside an Onehunga church on June 1 sparked claims of re-victimisation from a survivors' group, which said the church continued to minimise or misunderstand the gravity of past abuse.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/113474166/catholic-church-sex-abuse-memorial-reinstated-as-survivors-call-for-meeting-with-bishop