Tuesday, July 22, 2008
"We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come." The World Yoof Day edition.
“We were moved by the Pope’s compassionate response to us and his comment that he would continue to pray for all victims of sexual abuse,” they said.
But several other abuse victims slammed the church over the secret meeting with handpicked survivors.
Anthony Jones — whose case the church reopened after Lateline revealed his alleged abuser had admitted to the attack — said he suspected the church had chosen people who were happy with its internal processes and who it “knew would graciously accept the apology and not question the Pope”
The four victims at the Mass had gone through the church’s much-criticised internal program for sex abuse survivors.
The man who chose them has admitted he had looked for people who would be “comfortable in attending the Mass”.
"We will decide who comes to this mass and the circumstances in which they come."
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