Former Melbourne priest Philip O’Donnell testified yesterday that he
believed Australian archbishops were under strict instructions about how
to handle child abuse allegations.
“I don’t think there’s much doubt that Rome pulled the strings and instructed various bishops around Australia and around the world how to handle the matter, he said. “The consistency of the response from diocese to diocese … I just heard bishop after bishop say the same phrases and it just – you just started to see there was a common script, in my opinion, on how the matter was being dealt with.”
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“I don’t think there’s much doubt that Rome pulled the strings and instructed various bishops around Australia and around the world how to handle the matter, he said. “The consistency of the response from diocese to diocese … I just heard bishop after bishop say the same phrases and it just – you just started to see there was a common script, in my opinion, on how the matter was being dealt with.”
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