The abuse of children by Catholic clergymen
has exposed a major failure of society, writes Suzanne Smith. But there
were those who refused to accept the status quo. I
have met many honourable people in my career as a journalist, but none
so inspiring as Detective Chief Inspector Peter Fox and Joanne McCarthy,
the courageous journalist from the Newcastle Herald.
But it hasn't been an easy road for either of them. They have stood
beside many victims when everyone else failed to take responsibility and
left those victims to deal individually with the Catholic Church. This
has been a major failure of our society. We all left these traumatised
and shattered families to deal directly with a powerful institution.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-13/smith-we-owe-our-gratitude-to-those-who-stood-with-victims/4368310
