Paedophile priest victims decry defrocking 'tokenism'

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated November 1 2012 - 3:09pm, first published July 25 2011 - 11:53am
RESPONSE: A  victim has called for abusers such as Vince Ryan, pictured, to be defrocked.
RESPONSE: A victim has called for abusers such as Vince Ryan, pictured, to be defrocked.

The Catholic Church has been accused of tokenism after defrocking notorious Hunter paedophile priest John Denham while failing to defrock other clergy child sex abusers.

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