It's the spiritual birthplace of the trade union
movement, the gateway to Victoria's gold rush and Australia's source of
Mars Bars.
However, in recent years, the intensely Catholic city of
Ballarat in Victoria has been infamous for the gang of paedophile
priests which operated with impunity.
Among them was Gerald Ridsdale, who conceded before the child abuse royal commission that even if he had been found out, he would have lied.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-19/ballarat-child-sex-abuse-stories-still-reverberating/7854086
Among them was Gerald Ridsdale, who conceded before the child abuse royal commission that even if he had been found out, he would have lied.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-19/ballarat-child-sex-abuse-stories-still-reverberating/7854086