The Catholic leader who invited pedophile priest John Farrell into
his diocese didn't believe Farrell posed a risk to children because sex
abuse charges against him had been dismissed, a royal commission heard.
Former Parramatta Bishop Bede Heather told the royal commission into institutional responses to child sex abuse he'd thought Farrell was innocent because the charges, which involved one boy, were dismissed at a committal hearing in 1988.
http://www.nvi.com.au/story/4166385/church-ignored-risk/
Former Parramatta Bishop Bede Heather told the royal commission into institutional responses to child sex abuse he'd thought Farrell was innocent because the charges, which involved one boy, were dismissed at a committal hearing in 1988.
http://www.nvi.com.au/story/4166385/church-ignored-risk/