MORE than 80 Catholic and Anglican Church priests and other
representatives – including women - are alleged to have committed child
sex crimes against Hunter children over decades, newly released data analysis and evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has revealed.
The
shocking figure includes claims and substantiated complaints against 51
alleged and convicted Hunter Catholic offenders from the 1940s to the
1990s, including 19 priests, 20 Marist Brothers, and 12 teachers,
employees and volunteers, a report by the royal commission has found.