MELBOURNE'S Catholic leaders completely failed to deal
with pedophile priests as they tried to protect the church, the
archdiocese's former second-in-charge admits.
FORMER vicar-general
Bishop Peter Connors says he has no excuse for why he failed to protect
children from Fr Wilfred Baker, who abused 21 children between 1960 and
1985. "There was a complete failure of the archbishop and his advisers to deal
with these issues," Bishop Connors told the child abuse royal
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