SINS OF THE CHURCH
the end of Oscar-winning film – the story of how journalists exposed the widespread child sex abuse by Catholic priests in Boston, USA – the beach-side community of Newcastle, NSW, is listed among places around the world where major abuse scandals were covered up by the church. Paedophile Vincent Ryan was one priest who preyed on altar boys in the Maitland-Newcastle region between 1973 and 1991, and was jailed for 14 years after admitting to grooming
