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Newcastle resident Dave Lillo-Tynes will reveal his experience at international megachurch. Picture supplied 

'It would be really good for churches to have a reset.'

New documentary reveals how time at Hillsong led to burn out

Gabriel Fowler

Madeline Link

Father Shelwin Fernandez has been stood down from Nambucca Valley Parish. Picture by Stephen Katte 

'There was no indication at all from him that there was anything going on.'

'Shock and disbelief': Catholic priest stood down over missing money

Francis Cable, aka Brother Romuald, leaving Newcastle Court ten years ago, on November 13, 2013. Picture by Jonathan Carroll. 

'(Marist Brothers) should not, in my view, have the benefit of its own inaction', Justice Nicholas Chen said.

Survivors welcome ruling stopping Marist Brothers using paedophile's death to block claim

Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth says the government's main concern is survivors' wellbeing (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

The changes were in response to an independent review.

Redress scheme restrictions wound back to improve access

The crimes of the Marist Brothers against children in the Hunter and beyond are told in an ABC documentary by Sarah Ferguson and Nial Fuller, Revelation, which is now airing on Netflix. 

"They went in and low-balled from the start, they questioned my credibility, and I felt I was cut short by at least $60,000."

No revelation, victim says

Francis Cable, aka Brother Romuald, died in jail last year. He was serving a 16-year sentence for sexually abusing children.

A 'legal loophole' has put hundreds of potential abuse claims against Marist Brothers on the line.

Victims slam 'unethical' church legal tactic in pedophile cases

Child sex offender Darcy O'Sullivan, formerly known as Marist Brother Dominic.

"We didn't accept that priests, people of the cloth, would do this sort of thing .."

Community 'naive' about child sex offenders

Darcy O'Sullivan, known as Marist Brother Dominic, outside court before his first conviction for child sex offences against former students. He will be eligible for release on parole on August 28, 2025.

"There's a bucketload of students over the years who this man victimised for a decade or more, and whose lives he ruined."

'Bucketload' of victims: More jail time for notorious Hunter Marist Brother paedophile

Anglican Care nursing home staff say they complained for 'years'

Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart said he was told about staff shortages in November. Picture by David Stewart 

Anglican Care and Newcastle Anglican Bishop Peter Stuart decline to answer questions about how long ago issues of neglect were brought to the bishop, and senior management's attention.

Geoffrey and Audrey Nash. Picture by Simone De Peak

"A lot of people are not going to handle it well. It's going to be extremely traumatic."

Why Cardinal George Pell's funeral carries sting for Hunter abuse survivors

Shine the Light: Child Sexual Abuse in the Hunter

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