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15 December 2015

Victorian principal was warned about paedophile parish priest, inquiry told

Child abuse inquiry hears bishop Peter Connors told former St James principal about Father Wilfred ‘Bill’ Baker: ‘Once a paedophile always a paedophile’.  A Melbourne bishop told a principal who raised concerns about the new parish priest “once a paedophile always a paedophile”, an inquiry has heard.
Former St James primary school principal Patricia Taylor went to her regional bishop, Peter Connors, after being warned about Father Wilfred “Bill” Baker, who arrived at the North Richmond parish in 1992.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/nov/30/victorian-principal-was-warned-about-paedophile-parish-priest-inquiry-told