Mr Bill Kilgallon, the executive officer of the New Zealand Catholic Church’s National Office for Professional Standards, says he expects more people will come forward with allegations as Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse gets under way.
He says that since June the church has received five new claims of abuse from New Zealanders now living in Australia.
Four of the claims were from people who had been sexually abused by priests or teachers as children.
Other complaints have also been made by people living in New Zealand.
All the claims relate to incidents between the early 1960’s and late 1980’s.
Kilgallon said at least seven claims of abuse were still being investigated.
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