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Sex abuse complainant remains dissatisfied

Thursday, October 4th, 2018

Communication confusion between a sex abuse complainant and the Catholic Church has the victim further distrusting the Catholic Church. “The process has upset me and re-traumatised me on certain levels too. The people who are involved in it tend to not be implementing their own protocols,” the man told Radio NZ (RNZ). RNZ on Tuesday Read more

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Church pays out on fraudulent claims of sex abuse

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016

In 2013, a woman told the Palmerston North Catholic Diocese that a priest had raped her. The alleged rape and sexual abuse were reported to have happened in October 1985. The church paid her a total of $188,000.00 on what was subsequently shown to be fraudulent claims. She had provided medical reports by a psychiatrist Read more

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