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25 July 2017

Predator priests and pay outs - why the church investigates its own

Wellington human rights lawyer Sonja Cooper's firm has taken on the state and previously religious organisations over claims children were abused in their care. Every surface in Sonja Cooper's Wellington office is swamped with boxes full of secrets.
Each wall  is lined with folders, and her shelves are stacked with cartons full of the worst memories of more than 700 New Zealanders' lives. But the human rights lawyer cannot talk about what's in the boxes.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/79684909/predator-priests-and-pay-outs--why-the-church-investigates-its-own