Andrew Collins says Ballarat
Bishop Paul Bird told him the church faced bankruptcy over victims’
compensation demands, but that the church would endure long after he was
dead. A BISHOP taunted sex abuse victims and told them they were
destroying the Catholic Church, the royal commission heard yesterday.
Andrew Collins said Ballarat bishop Paul Bird told him in 2013 that
the church faced bankruptcy over victims’ compensation demands, but
that the church would endure long after he was dead. “Bishop Bird told us that we were intent on destroying his church,” Mr Collins said.http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/abuse-victim-says-he-was-accused-of-destroying-church/story-fni0fee2-1227364356409