Mary is an abuse survivor and heart transplant recipient failed by the Catholic Church

By Joanne McCarthy
September 14 2019 - 9:00am
Legacy: Hunter woman, Mary, received compensation from Maitland-Newcastle diocese after she was sexually abused as a very young child by notorious Hunter paedophile priest Denis McAlinden.
Legacy: Hunter woman, Mary, received compensation from Maitland-Newcastle diocese after she was sexually abused as a very young child by notorious Hunter paedophile priest Denis McAlinden.

MARY* is a child sex survivor and heart transplant recipient failed by the Catholic Church - by the notorious paedophile priest who abused her as a very young child, the senior clergy who didn't report his abuse and the diocese that won't look for more of his victims in remote Aboriginal communities and overseas.

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