FOR the second time in three years, the former Bishop of
Maitland-Newcastle, Michael Malone, has taken the stand at a judicial
commission to explain what he did when word of the paedophiles who had
operated with impunity in the diocese began to assert itself in the
outside world.
As he did before the NSW special commission of inquiry in 2013, Bishop Malone positioned himself as an inexperienced bishop who arrived in the Hunter just as the lid was starting to come off some horrific secrets. He said, as he has before, that he felt torn between the need to defend the church or to serve the needs of survivors, but that he eventually chose the latter.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4137297/catholic-church-and-the-crimes-of-its-clergy/
As he did before the NSW special commission of inquiry in 2013, Bishop Malone positioned himself as an inexperienced bishop who arrived in the Hunter just as the lid was starting to come off some horrific secrets. He said, as he has before, that he felt torn between the need to defend the church or to serve the needs of survivors, but that he eventually chose the latter.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4137297/catholic-church-and-the-crimes-of-its-clergy/