The ABC television "7.30" program (on Monday 19 September 2016) had a
story about the child-abuse Royal Commission's public hearing re the
Father John Farrell case (and the role of church official Father Brian
Lucas). The Broken Rites team helped the ABC with research for this
"7.30" item. A link to the ABC video is given at the end of this Broken
Rites article.
The rape of an altar boy. In a public hearing on 13 September 2016, Australia's national
child-abuse Royal Commission heard evidence from a former altar boy
about how he was raped by Father John Joseph Farrell at the age of 12 in northern NSW in 1981. The former altar boy (code-named "CPA"
at the Royal Commission) explained how his later life was damaged by
Farrell's crimes and by the church's cover-up. John Joseph Farrell is
currently serving a minimum 18-year jail term after being convicted in
May 2016 for 79 child sex crimes, including the assault of the
above-mentioned altar boy, "CPA". Additional charges (involving five
more alleged victims) have recently been brought against Farrell, with
court proceedings scheduled to begin in Sydney in April 2017.