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6 February 2017

Sexual Offences Nearly 2,000 Catholic Church figures implicated in child sex abuse report

More than 20 per cent of the members of some Catholic religious orders — including Marist Brothers and Christian Brothers — were allegedly involved in child sexual abuse, a royal commission hearing in Sydney is told.
Archbishop airs video warning to Catholics ahead of 'grim' data
Catholic Church leaders throughout Australia are warning church-goers and school parents about the release of data on Monday at the child sex abuse royal commission, describing it as an "horrific portrait of appalling abuse".

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