Religious order defends sex abuse handling
Friday, September 5th, 2008ABC, 5/9/08
The head of the religious order that runs St Stanislaus school in the New South Wales central west has defended its handling of abuse allegations. The leader of the Vincentian order in Australia, Father Greg Cooney, says the organisation has been aware of complaints since 2002 and has always referred them to police. “We’ve always reported it to police when it’s obviously of a criminal nature, yes, and you know we urged other complainants themselves to take the matter to the police.” He says the Vincentians have completed their internal investigations into the allegations.
