A few months
have passed since the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to
Child Sexual Abuse sat in Ballarat. Witnesses there, including
paedophile and former priest, Gerald Ridsdale, spoke of some of the most
horrific cases of abuse in the Catholic Church.
The Commission will continue hearings about
the situation in the Ballarat Diocese in November. It confirmed at the
end of last week that former Bishop of Ballarat, Ronald Mulkearns will
be compelled to take the stand. Cardinal George Pell is also expected to
give evidence then.