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Sydney, The Australian, "Adult conspiracy to silence abused children a perversion of justice", September 4, 2010.

Adelaide, News.com, "Public called on to prevent child abuse ", September 1, 2010.

Dandenong News Leader, "A mother's tale of truth and suffering", September 1, 2010.

Melbourne Herald Sun, "Church must face scrutiny for child sex abuse", August 29, 2010.

Melbourne Herald Sun, "Evil priest shielded by Catholic Church", August 29, 2010.

MSNBC, "Belgian cardinal offered to hush up sex case", August 28, 2010.

Queensland Times, "Priest blames girl for abuse", August 27, 2010.

Melbourne, Seekingmedia.com, "Catholic priest reveals active sex life", August 26, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Cleric on child porn counts", August 25, 2010.

Perth, WAtoday.com, "Perth college chaplain charged over child porn", August 24, 2010.

Adelaidenow.com, "Pedophile priest Wilfred Dennis on trial - again", August 17, 2010.

Perth, The West Australian,"Freed paedophile moves in next door to victim", August 16, 2010.

Wellington, The Marlborough-Express, "Editorial: Pope could learn from his bishop", August 13, 2010.

Toowoomba Chronicle, "Bishop offers to meet with families", August 13, 2010.

Newcastle ABC news, "Ex-Anglican youth worker's fresh abuse charges", August 10, 2010.

Newcastle Herald, "Paedophile priest Vince Ryan out of jail", August 10, 2010.

Newcastle Herald, "Church inquiry may shift", August 9, 2010.

Melbourne, Herald Sun,"Pedophile secretly placed in Victorian town", August 8, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Priest not guilty of schoolboy indecent assaults", August 5, 2010.

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Newcastle Herald, "Sex abuse protest at celebration for Fr Brennan", August 5, 2010.

Adelaide, News.com.au, "Former priest Charles Alfred Barnett jailed on child sex charges", August 5, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Former priest jailed on sex charges", August 5, 2010.

Dublin, The Post, "Australians investigate Irish abuse connection", August 1, 2010.

NSW Police Force, "69-year-old to face court tomorrow with 54 historical sex offences", July 27, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald,  "Bus driver involved in church youth group charged with child molesting", July 27, 2010.

Brisbane, Courier Mail, "Child sex accused priest given a blue card in Queensland", July 25, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Paedophile priest Vince Ryan on parole", July24, 2010.

Sydeny Morning Herald, "Losing my religion", July 24, 2010.

Campbelltown, Macarthur Chronicle, "Bishop Peter Ingham apologises to sexual abuse victims", July 23, 2010.

Sydney ABC News, "US priest accused of abusing boy defrocked", July 23, 2010.

Melbourne, Herald Sun, "Priest fondled sleeping boys - court told", July 22, 2010.

Syndey, The Australian, opinion, "Absence of women", July 22, 2010.

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Sydney ABC News, "Sex Party calls for church abuse inquiry", July 20, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Another blow for victims of clergy sexual abuse", July 19, 2010.

NY Times, Opinion, "Rome Fiddles, We Burn", July 18, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "When healing becomes hell on Earth", July 17, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Uproar over Vatican's grave crimes list", July 17, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Church abuse victims unhappy with new laws", July 16, 2010.

Sydney, The Australian, "Catholic church must aid sexual abuse victims 'despite cost' ", July 15, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Church misleads sex abuse victims", July 15, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Churches must unite to deal with sexual abuse claims ", July 13, 2010.

Brisbane Times, "Child sex abuse rocks Qld churches", July 12, 2010.

Sydney, The Australian, "Church accepts liability for child rapes in Toowoomba", July 12, 2010.

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Brisbane Times, "No apology for Qld victims of sex predator clergy", July 11, 2010.

Findlaw, "A Reminder of How Statutes of Limitations Play a Nefarious Role", July 7, 2010.

SNAP Responds to "Pope Revises Sex-Abuse Rules", July 7, 2010.

NY Wall Street Journal, "Pope Revises Sex-Abuse Rules", July 7, 2010.

SNAP Responds to"Police question Belgian cardinal over child abuse", July 6, 2010.

Montreal Gazette, "Police question Belgian cardinal over child abuse", July 6, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald,  "The sins of the fathers – and an apology ", July 6, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Pell adds his voice to archbishop's apology on child sexual abuse ", July 5, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Victims reject apology ", July 5, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Apology doesn't go far enough: victims", July 4, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Justice was done, but took too long ", July 4, 2010.

Otago Daily Times, "Melbourne couple angered by Hart letter", July 3, 2010.

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Sydney Morning Herald, Bishop's statement, "A distressing time for Catholic faithful ", July 3, 2010.

Melbourne News.com.au, "Archbishop apologises for clergy abuse", July 3, 2010.

Statement by Joelle Casteix, Western Regional Director of SNAP in response to NY Times article, July 2, 2010.

NY Times, "Amid Church Abuse Scandal, an Office That Failed to Act",  July 2, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "'Sadistic' priest jailed for abusing 39 boys", July 2, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Hunter child sex abuser 'evil scumbag'", July 2, 2010.

NSW, News.com.au,  "Senior cop charged with abusing second victim", July 1, 2010.

Newcastle, ABC News, "Paedophile priest 'felt pity on victims'", July 1, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Priest a monster, says sex abuse victim", June 29, 2010.

The Vancouver Sun, "U.S. Supreme Court deals pedophilia blow for Vatican", June 28, 2010.

NPR.org, "Pope Deplores Belgian Sex Raids, Stresses Autonomy", June 27, 2010.

Sydney, Daily Telegraph, "Tide_turns_against_Rudd", June 27, 2010.

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NY Times, "Abuse Loosens Church’s Culture of Silence in Italy", June 26, 2010.

NY Times, "Vatican Criticizes Raid on Belgian Church Offices", June 25, 2010.

BBC News, "Belgian Catholic offices raided in sex abuse probe", June 24, 2010.

Brisbane Courier-Mail, "School priest pleads guilty to nude shots", June 24, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Accused priest was 'tipped off'", June 19, 2010.

Warrnambool, The Standard, "Bishop set to resign today", June 19, 2010.

Newcastle, ABC News, "Bishop demands clarity on paedophile priest", June 18,2010.

Newcastle, ABC News, "Catholic priest faces court on child sex charges", June 18, 2010.

Salem-News, "Child Sex-Assault Victims Put Church on Official Notice in Australia", June 17, 2010.

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CatholicCulture.org, "Cardinal Ouellet-- not Cardinal Pell-- to head Congregation for Bishops?", June 17, 2010.

Sydney ABC News, "Accused priest faces child sex committal hearing", June 16, 2010.

CNN Religion Blog, "..", June 14, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Cardinal Pell 'blocked' on top Vatican post", June 14, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Pope begs forgiveness over abuse scandal", June 11, 2010.

The Malta Independent, "Maltese-Australian bishop accused of calling abuse complainant ‘crazy’", June 10, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Bishop leaked woman's details", June 9, 2010.

Irish Times, "Show zero tolerance for predator priests, abuse victims urge pope", June 9, 2010.

The Malta Independent, "Maltese priest based in Melbourne charged with sexual assault ", June 4, 2010.

Mebourne, The Age, "Melbourne priest charged with sexual assault", June 4, 2010.

Sydney Daily Telegraph, "Political link to sex abuse priest", June 3, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Boy told teacher not to touch him, court hears ", June 3, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Priest told of abuse: woman", June 2, 2010.

Adelaidenow, "Anglicare charity cash can be used to compensate sex victims", June 2, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Still breathing", June 1, 2010.

Melbourne Heraldsun, "Vatican promises investigation into pedophile priest scandal in Ireland", May 31, 2010.

BigPond News, "Abuse_scars_cannot_be_hidden_-_Pope", May 28, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Abuse victims seek more church transparency", May 27, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald,  "The divine act of forgiveness has cloaked decades of abuse", May 24, 2010.

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Canberra Times, "'Culture' led to sex abuse cover-up in church", May 24, 2010.

Canberra, Associate Press, "Australia archbishop: Church culture tied to abuse", May 24, 2010.

Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, "A Pentecost Letter on Sexual Abuse of the Young in the Catholic Church", May 23, 2010.

Melbourne Sunday Herald, "Revolt on sex priest", May 23, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Priest defrocked over sexual misconduct", May 14, 2010.

Hornsby Advocate, "Second man charged with St Ives sex assault from the `70s", May 11, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Bishop's letter of apology appreciated by Hunter victims of clergy sexual abuse", May 10, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Police may set up strike force to investigate Catholic Church's defrocking of Hunter pedophile priest Denis McAlinden", May 8, 2010.

Toowoomba Chronicle, "Civil action starts over sex cases", May 4 2010.

Sydney, The Australian, "Archbishop accused of covering up priest's sexual abuse of girl", May 3, 2010.

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BigPond News, "Church_leader_charged_with_child_sex", May 3, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Disgraced Legionaries to have new leader", May 2, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Pedophile priest victim feels pain of justice denied", May 1, 2010.

Adelaidenow, "Why the Catholic Church is making people redundant", April 30, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "A slur on the church", April 28, 2010.

Newscastle, The Herald, "Investigator 'disappointed, not surprised' pedophile allegations not reported to police", April 28,2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Maitland Newcastle diocese document confirmed church's stance", April 28, 2010.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Secrets of the bishops: How Hunter church leaders failed to report pedophile priest", April 28, 2010.

Newsweek, "Bring the Pope to Justice", April 23, 2010.

Melbourne. The Age, "300 abuse cases, one defrocApril 21, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Extradited ex-priest admits more child sex offences", April 19, 2010.

The Irish Times, "Priest says he was pressurised into taking blame for pope",  April 19, 2010.

Brisbane Courier-Mail, "Secrets from the Devil's playground", April 16, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Vatican moves to ward off fresh priest abuse scandal", April 16, 2010.

Fox News, "Vatican massively confused about nature of sex, says therapist Mike Lew", April 15, 2010.

Toowoomba Chronicle, "Dementia raised in child rape case", April 15, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "The enforcer with a gentle manner ", April 15, 2010.

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Sydney Morning Herald, "Victims Slam 'Blameshifting' Vatican", April 15, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, Comments to article: "Sin and innocence", April 13, 2010.

Brisbane Times, "Church sex abuse 'still a problem'", April 9, 2010.

NSW Police Force, "Catholic priest charged over alleged historical sexual assaults – Newcastle area", April 9, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Pope Must Grovel and Beg for Our Forgiveness", April 7, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Time for the Church to focus on the victims", March 23, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, Editorial, "Papal apology is too little, too late", March 23, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Silence, shame and sexual abuse", March 22, 2010.

Canada, The National Post, "Christopher Hitchens: The great Catholic cover-up", March 18, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Catholic apology not enough for abuse victims", March 18, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Let's talk about sex: archbishop", March 13, 2010.

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Adelaidenow, "Adelaide priest in court charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting young girl", March 9, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "At Cross  Purposes", March 9, 2010.

Melbourne, The Age, "Disgrace charge brought against bishop", March 9, 2010.

Tasmania, The Mercury, "Pedophile's parole plan", March 5, 2010.

Tasmania, The Mercury, "Clamps call for pedophile", March 3, 2010.

London, The Independent, "British orphans: 'It broke our hearts to see them go away'", March 2, 2010.

Adelaidenow.com.au, "Sex inquiry cleric returns", February 31, 2010.

Sydney, The Australian, "Judge denounces `cruel' celibacy of Catholic priests", February 25, 2010.

News.com.au, "Paedophile priest let back into ministry ", February 25, 2010.

Sydney, Earthtimes.org, "Britain says sorry to children shipped to Australia", February 25, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Priest abused altar boy after release from jail, court told", February 25, 2010.

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Batemans Bay, Bay Post, "Disgraced priest too ill to be sentenced", February 24, 2010.

Catholic World News, "Australian priest to be sentenced on 29 counts of abuse", February 22, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Church looks to settle with alleged abuse victims",  February 22, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Bishop turns to Pope over abuse scandals", February 20, 2010.

Queensland Times, "Priest faces sex abuse charges", February 17, 2010.

Sydney, The Australian, "When sorry just isn't enough: Irish sexual abuse needs a strong response," February 17, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Priest who faked cancer resurfaces", February 7, 2010.

Sydney, ABC News, "Priest sex abuse sentence delayed", February 5, 2010.

AdelaideNow Sunday Mail, "Sex inquiry cleric returns", January 31, 2010.

The Armidale Express, "Priest for trial on sex charges",  January 13, 2010.

Sydney Morning Herald, "Priests and justice ", January 9, 2010.

The Irish Times:Letters,  "Clerical child abuse", December 19, 2009.

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Sydney, The Australian, "Pedophile priest can return to theological library job after prison", December 16, 2009.

Melbourne, Herald Sun, "Elite school names sex offender teachers ",  December 15, 2009.

Sydney, ABC News, "Knox Grammar apologises to abuse victims", December 15, 2009.

Sydney, The Australian, "Betrayal of trust", December 15, 2009.

Bisbane Times, "Church sacks principal, superiors over sex scandal", December 11, 2009.

Queensland Couriermail, "Sacked staff 'acted in good faith' over sex abuse claims", December 11, 2009.

Sydney, The Australian, "School abuse: three sacked", December 11, 2009.

Toowoomba, The Chronicle, "Catholic educators sacked", December 10, 2009.

Toowoomba, ABC News, "Three sacked over handling of abuse allegations", December 10, 2009.

Toowoomba, ABC News, "Parents refuse to be silenced over church abuse action", December 10, 2009.

Melbourne, The Age, "Vatican urged to heed calls for reform",  December 9, 2009.

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Toowoomba, The Chronicle, "Parents sue church over abuse ", December 9, 2009.

Toowoomba, ABC News, "Parents sue church over abuse claims response", December 9, 2009.

Toowoomba, The Chronicle, "Church may face payout over abuse", December 9, 2009.

SNAP Press Release, Decemeber 8, 2009.

Sydney, The Australian, "Church has failed to learn its lessons", December 5, 2009.

Sydney, The Australian, "Sex case cop had links to school", December 5, 2009.

The Irish Times,  "Papal princes immune to censure", December 4, 2009.

Toowoomba, The Chronicle, "Parents misled about sex abuse", December 4, 2009.

Melbourne, The Age, "Archbishop to contact police over abuse tip-offs",  December 4, 2009.

Newcastle, The Herald, "Child sex charges against priest Peter Brock withdrawn", December 3, 2009

Newcastle, ABC News, "Priest's child sex charges dropped", December 3, 2009

Melbourne, The Age, "Second priest in sex claim tip-off",  December 3, 2009.

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Sydney, The Australian, "Inaction on rape `criminal'", December 2, 2009.

Toowoomba, The Chronicle, "Morris vows to revue procedures", December 2, 2009.

Sydney, The Australian, "Church, authorities conspired to protect priests", November 28, 2009.

The Irish Times,  "Irish religious to fore in Australian abuse scandal", November 18, 2009.  

Sydney 9NEWS, "Woman 'raped' during Sydney prayer sessions", November 18, 2009.

Bisbane Times, "Following orders: principal denies sex neglect charge", November 17, 2009.

The University of Melbourne, Newsroom, "University supports apology to Forgotten Australians", November 17, 2009.

The Irish Times, "Australia's apology", November 17, 2009.

Times of Malta, "Historic apology by Australian PM, Maltese child migrants recount years of abuse", November 17, 2009

Illawarra Mercury, "Fairy Meadow priest admits abusing boy", November 17, 2009.

Toowoomba, The Chronicle, "I reported sex abuse: Principal", November 16, 2009.

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South African Times Live, "Australian apology for history of child neglect", November 16, 2009.

Bisbane Times, "Tears for victims, cheers for their courage", November 16, 2009.

Bisbane Times, "A moment of dignity, all too rare", November 16, 2009.

The Herald, "Maryville victim says apology won't heal him after years of abuse", November 16, 2009.

BBC News, "Ordeal of Australia's child migrants", November 15, 2009.

The Sydney Morning Herald, "No recompense to victims 'foolish'", November 11, 2009.

Melbourne, The Age, "Priests warned to ignore letter on child abuse",  October 29, 2009.

The Daily Telegraph, "Three NSW Anglican priests suspended ", October 14, 2009.

ABC News, "Bishop quick to suspend priests amid allegations", October 14, 2009.

ABC News, "Anglican priests suspended over criminal allegations", October 14, 2009.

ABC News, "Archbishop told abuse victim to 'go to hell': report"[with video], August 11, 2009.

The Sydney Morning Herald, "Guilty plea from pedophile priest John Denham", July 9, 2009.


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