Comments on: Catholic bishops say abhorrent abuse at Marylands and Hebron Trust should never have happened

By: Jane Lamont

Jane Lamont — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 10:09:11 +0000

Reservation of Memory is clerical code talk for cover up. The expression came to light at the Australian Royal Commission. I think it still exists.

By: Mike Ledingham

Mike Ledingham — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 22:21:07 +0000

You spoke about redress, after 5yrs of conclusive evidence at our RC that has your church to the fore as by far the worst abuser statisticly, not including those who knew and did nothing and those who covered it up, when will your quoted, “redress,” actually begin?

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 19:16:07 +0000

The harm was caused by those ” working in the name of ” the Catholic Church? That sounds like an attempt to absolve the church of responsibility. The abusers were deeply embedded and a very part of the church, and the church enabled or ignored it. The church itself has caused untold harm and has lost all claims to respect. I don’t believe a word of what these bishops say – they are just covering their backs.

By: Mike Ledingham

Mike Ledingham — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:08:25 +0000

Why do you still have canon law and policies that are sugestive of always protecting the good names of the clergy and church? Why can your clergy not report directly to the police when they see an offence. This is why all this happened because people like you covered it up.

By: Peter Coleman

Peter Coleman — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:21:52 +0000

In apologising for the horrific sexual and physical abuse at Marylands as above, Archbishop Paul Martin Martin attributes this soley to “those working …” at Marylands (twice) and “the failure of individuals”. This is despite the Royal Commission in it’s conclusions baldy stating “But this is not a story about ‘bad apples’”. Just what is Paul going to say when the final report outlines systemic sexual abuse across nearly all Roman Catholic schools and residential institutions is published early next year? Paul, that you are presiding over and covering up for a very rotten orchard will be the only logical conclusion.