Roads To Recovery

The following is a snippet from the Broken Rites website about how church hierarchy moved Predator priest Gerald Ridsdale around. **Countless more victims still remain silent. The total number of Ridsdale victims may amount to hundreds. Many Ridsdale victims still remain silent because they do not want to upset their ***loyal Catholic*** parents. Others feel embarrassed about contacting the detectives. Some of the victims in Ridsdale's later court appearances said that this embarrassment was why they had waited so long. However, the police detectives are very helpful to all victims, and the court procedures ensure that the victims* privacy is protected. In these kinds of criminal cases, victims* names cannot be published.** Ridsdale is scheduled for sentencing on further charges in March. But that doesn’t help the victims and their families. Today I am talking with two people who provide direction and support for those who have come forward, or still wish to do so. • John Blomfield from Barwon Centre Against