The abuse of children by Catholic clergymen
has exposed a major failure of society, writes Suzanne Smith. But there
were those who refused to accept the status quo. I
have met many honourable people in my career as a journalist, but none
so inspiring as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox and Joanne McCarthy,
the courageous journalist from the Newcastle Herald.
But it hasn't been an easy road for either of them. They have stood beside many victims when everyone else failed to take responsibility and left those victims to deal individually with the Catholic Church. This has been a major failure of our society. We all left these traumatised and shattered families to deal directly with a powerful institution.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-13/smith-we-owe-our-gratitude-to-those-who-stood-with-victims/4368310
But it hasn't been an easy road for either of them. They have stood beside many victims when everyone else failed to take responsibility and left those victims to deal individually with the Catholic Church. This has been a major failure of our society. We all left these traumatised and shattered families to deal directly with a powerful institution.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-13/smith-we-owe-our-gratitude-to-those-who-stood-with-victims/4368310