Decades after the crimes, the victims of
sexual abuse by clergy in Ballarat continue to suffer at the hands of
the Church, the law and the federal parliament, writes Judy Courtin.
The
Royal Commission into institutional child sexual abuse has completed
its first week of public hearings in Ballarat. They have been
heartbreaking, harrowing and revealing. The hearings are focusing on the
Catholic Church's responses to allegations of child sexual abuse and
the impacts on the survivors, their families and the broader Ballarat
community. The commission's brief is vast.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-25/courtin-royal-commission-ballarat-victims-still-lack-justice/6495346