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17 September 2016

Bishop Gerard Hanna testifies at Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sex Abuse

BISHOP Gerard Hanna has spoken of being forced to work with suspected paedophile priest John Farrell and of the tight restrictions he placed on him. The retiring Bishop of Wagga diocese was questioned about Farrell on Wednesday at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The bishop said he was parish priest of St Nicholas’ in Tamworth in 1984 when Farrell was foisted on him by Bishop Henry Kennedy amid rumours of inappropriate behaviour following his overnight removal from Moree.

http://www.easternriverinachronicle.com.au/story/4166399/bishop-kept-tight-rein-on-child-abuser/