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Child abuse: 7% of Australian Catholic priests alleged to be involved
An inquiry examining institutional sex abuse in Australia has heard 7% of the nation's Catholic priests allegedly abused children between 1950 and 2010.

The average age of victims was 10.5 for girls and 11.5 for boys.

Cardinal George Pell is Australia's most senior Catholic official,
Over 4,440 people claim to have been victims between 1980 and 2015, with a total of 1,880 alleged perpetrators between 1980 and 2015. In one religious order, over 40% of church figures were accused of abuse. Cardinal George Pell, who was Australia's most senior Catholic before becoming Pope Francis' top financial adviser, has testified at previous hearings [ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-35665405 ] about how church authorities responded to allegations of child sex abuse during his time in Australia.
6 February 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-38877158 [with embedded video]


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Royal Commission: Vile extent of Catholic Church child sex abuse exposed in full
February 7, 2017
http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/royal-commission-vile-extent-of-catholic-church-child-sex-abuse-exposed-in-full/news-story/4ac255405b98be7a0657d2663d2f7879 [with embedded video]


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Catholics 'should hang their heads in shame'
6 February 2017
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/02/07/catholics--should-hang-their-heads-in-shame-.html [with embedded video]


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Stories still to emerge from darkness of sex abuse
February 7, 2017
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/stories-still-to-emerge-from-darkness-of-sex-abuse/news-story/be8af9fe52654acac0aa5894460c81d1


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