Newcastle Herald
Shine the Light: Child Sexual Abuse in the Hunter
Accused former teacher Ted Hall denies 'tendency' to target St Pius X school boys
On trial: Edward Smith 'Ted' Hall in 2018. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Gabriel Fowler
Former teacher Ted Hall denies sexually assaulting a Year 10 boy in 1974
Gabriel Fowler
On trial: Edward Smith 'Ted' Hall in 2018. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Former St Pius teacher Edward 'Ted' Hall faces assault trial
Nick Bielby
On trial: Edward Smith 'Ted' Hall in 2018. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers
Redress should be more than 'second best'
SYSTEMS: Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme deputy chair and Newcastle MP Sharon Claydon. Picture: Marina Neil
Sage Swinton
Newcastle raised reporter went back to his Catholic childhood for answers
Ian Kirkwood
SHAPED BY CHILDHOOD: David Brearley, who has died of cancer, aged 57, after writing a book about Catholic child abuse. He went to primary school in Newcastle. Picture: Courtesy Simone Henderson-Smart
Victorian court finds Ballarat Catholic diocese liable for priest abuse
Ian Kirkwood
DIOCESE FOUND LIABLE: The Bishop of Ballarat, Paul Bird, the defendant in a Victorian abuse case, at an annual 'blessing of the fleet' at Port Fairy. Picture: Aaron Sawall
NSW Inquiry: Child sex abuse in the Hunter
Synod apology for 'shameful' past
Synod attendees watch Reverend Bob Peattie in a video interview in which he reveals he was sexually abused as a child. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Joanne McCarthy
Archbishop seeking to halt criminal case against him
Joanne McCarthy
Archbishop Philip Wilson speaks during a Catholic service. Picture: Getty
Abused altar boy seeks answers
Joanne McCarthy
Child-abusing priest Eric Griffith. Picture: Bellingen Courier-Sun
Photos & Video
In Depth
From darkness, a light starts to shine
BUILDING THE PRESSURE: More than 400 people attended the Shine the Light forum in Newcastle in 2012 to call for a royal commission.
Ian Kirkwood
Bishop told ‘good to have you in cathedral’
Joanne McCarthy
FAREWELL: Bishop Greg Thompson at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, during his final service on Sunday. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | day four
Joanne McCarthy
Comment
Opinion
Bishop Bill, the poisoned chalice, and the future
DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES: Clockwise from top left, Bishop Geoffrey Robinson, a scene from Wednesday's funeral, Bishop Bill Wright and Audrey Nash with a photo of son Andrew.
Ian Kirkwood
Catholic 'cancel culture': un-naming the Roger Kennedy Centre
The building at Gateshead that is no longer the Roger Kennedy Centre.
Opinion
Acquittal's bitter message to abuse victims
Peter Gogarty
Peter Gogarty. Picture: Marina Neil
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