ST SIMON THE  APOSTLE, ROWVILLE

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MY JESUS,
I believe that You are present in this most holy sacrament, I love you above all things and I desire to receive You into my soul. Even if I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace You as if You were already there and I unite myself wholly to You. Never permit me to be separated from You.        Amen

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Fr. Kevin Dillon - Sunday, 1st August 2021

Three Wooden Crosses (2002) - Randy Travis

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As the first of Kevin O’Donnell’s victims to report the paedophile priest to police, he paved a courageous path for other abuse survivors to follow. Now, he hopes the $1.375 million
he will receive from the Catholic Church will stand as a landmark settlement that assists O’Donnell’s other victims.

It is 50 years since BTZ was groomed and abused as an 11-year-old boy in Hastings by his parish priest. O’Donnell is one of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles and the church acknowledged his crimes, the archdiocese made BTZ fight for compensation, which “gutted” him and he spiralled into depression. He went through two rounds with the Melbourne Response scheme and had his case before the Supreme Court over the past 15 months until last week, when the church and its lawyers settled .

“The Age”, Monday July 26.

THE Catholic Church has been forced to pay out a record $2m in compensation after originally only offering $27,500 to a victim of notorious priest Kevin O’Donnell. David Kenter won the payout – the largest of its kind in Victorian history – more than 45 years after he was first sexually abused as a nine-year old altar boy. Complaints were made
to the church about O’Donnell more than 15 years before Mr Kenter’s abuse began.
But, in court documents from the settlement, the Church denied the abuse was caused
by negligence of the Melbourne Archbishop, who was responsible for O’Donnell’s appointment. “(The Church) should take ownership for the abuse they have allowed
to happen over the years,” Mr Kenter said. “It feels like you’re continuing to be abused through the whole court process in the way they drag it out.         

“Herald Sun”, Fri. July 23

When multiple allegations of sexual abuse of children by Catholic Church personnel first came forward five decades ago, claims for “compensation” were rare. As well there being “beyond belief” for most people, how could such offences against children be “compensated”?

People whose lives had been ruined in their childhood years were faced with disbelief
by church authorities and in many cases even their own families, then later being
re-traumatised as endless legal interrogation and psychological/ psychiatric examinations were made.

When so many allegations became legally proven or at least accepted by church authorities, the apologies came. Then two Parliamentary Inquiries (in Vic. and NSW)
and an Australia-wide Royal Commission found that any false allegations were a tiny rarity, there were more “apologies”.

But when victims sought recognition of the damage they had suffered - for 2, 3, 4 decades and more - the legal defences and strategies designed by Church lawyers to crush victims were utilised to the full, even when the perpetrators had been in prison for many years.
A letter of “apology” to one victim even stated that should the victim seek damages in
a civil court, the offences which had been accepted by the Church would still be “strenuously defended” in court.

Reports of two quite separate recently “settled” cases in which Kevin O’Donnell was the accused perpetrator indicate a combined “settlement compensation” of more than $3 million. Such was the result of the strategy of “strenuous defence” of the indefensible.’
Church leaders regularly remind the public that they have apologised. Indeed they have, and rightly so But what is needed a practical and genuine contrition. Contrition is deep sorrow and an unconditional acceptance of responsibility for whatever has happened
and caused harm.

In the long, drawn-out, horrific saga of church related abuse of children, genuine “contrition” is incompatible with “strenuous defence” against victims - in or out of court.
So what would Jesus say? Simple. He would say “Treat other people the way you would like to be treated yourself”.

Fr. Kevin Dillon

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