Former Moree Catholic priest Father John Joseph Farrell
"only fondled genitals as it was his way of showing affection" a church
official allegedly told the parent of an abused altar boy, a royal
commission has heard.
The Royal Commission into Institutional
Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is looking into the behaviour of Father
Farrell, who sexual abused altar boys in Moree in the 1980s, and how the
Catholic dioceses of Armidale and Parramatta handled complaints about
him.http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-13/priest-abused-children-to-show-affection-royal-commission/7838198