HE FAILED the victims of sexual abuse at Neerkol Orphanage and he will be sorry for the rest of his days. The former Bishop of Rockhampton, Bishop Brian Heenan apologised
unequivocally yesterday for the way he responded in the 1990s to
allegations of child sex abuse at Neerkol Orphanage.
"I apologise again for the harm and suffering of former St Joseph's
Orphanage residents at the hands of the Catholic Church clerics, sisters
and staff," he said. "I hope my evidence has provided a deeper understanding of the
devastation of sexual abuse, and what it does to victims and their
families.
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