Broken Rites

Broken Rites Australia
Motto researching the Catholic cover-up
Founded 1992
Founder Chris Wilding
Location
Website www.brokenrites.org.au

Broken Rites, or formally Broken Rites (Australia) Collective Inc., is an Australian non-profit organisation that is dedicated to exposing and denouncing cases in the Catholic sexual abuse scandal.

Mission and activities

The association has listed 150 cases where Catholic priests have been convicted for sex offences in Australia. It has also worked on other cases involving non custodial sentences and inconclusive proceedings.[1]

During Pope Benedict XVI's 2008 visit to Australia, Broken Rites welcomed the pontiff's apology for the abuse affairs, but expressed disappointment that he had not made his apology directly to sexual abuse victims[2] and criticized the selection of the victims as having been hand-picked to be cooperative:[3][4][5]

I'm afraid that what they've done is selected victims who have agreed with what the Church's policies are. The Pope should have met with Anthony Foster, the father of two girls abused by a priest, who cut short a holiday in Britain to return to Australia in the hope of meeting the pontiff.
— Chris MacIsaac, spokeswoman for Broken Rites Australia. 2008.

Broken Rites has supported victims (male or female) from the Catholic Church, the Anglican Church and the Uniting Church, as well as from smaller denominations. Approximately 90 per cent of the men and women who have contacted Broken Rites Australia have been from a Catholic background. The researchers and advocates in the Broken Rites Australia executive team all have a Catholic background but are non-denominational in their outlook.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Black Collar Crime". Broken Rites Australia. 3 November 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ↑ Sexual abuse apology welcomed
  3. ↑ Eccleston, Roy (21 July 2008). "Pope meets sex abuse victims in secret Sydney mass". The Times (London). Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Johnston, Tim (22 July 2008). "Pope Meets Australian Abuse Victims". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Pope meets sex abuse victims as Australia trip ends". afp.google.com. AFP. 20 July 2008. Retrieved 29 January 2014.


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