WHEN pedophile priest Father Reginald Durham was charged with sexually
abusing children, his leader Bishop Brian Heenan wrote him a glowing
character reference. The former Catholic Bishop of Rockhampton (Fr Heenan) believed it was
his role at the time to support his priest, knowing full-well there were
child sex abuse allegations against Fr Durham.
In yesterday's Royal Commission hearing into child sexual abuse at
Neerkol Orphanage, it emerged that Fr Heenan wrote the letter of
reference to support his priest's "good" side.