Royal commission: Outrage over church's financial support for paedophile priests

By Rachel Browne
Updated February 24 2017 - 9:08pm, first published 5:19pm
Gabrielle Short says many abuse survivors live in poverty. Photo: Eddie Jim
Gabrielle Short says many abuse survivors live in poverty. Photo: Eddie Jim
Mark Fabbro says the Catholic church is continuing to put its own interests first. Photo: Louie Douvis
Mark Fabbro says the Catholic church is continuing to put its own interests first. Photo: Louie Douvis
"Damned if we do, damned if we don't": Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher. Photo: Wolter Peeters
"Damned if we do, damned if we don't": Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart says the future of the Melbourne Response is under consideration. Photo: Eddie Jim
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart says the future of the Melbourne Response is under consideration. Photo: Eddie Jim
Royal commission chairman Justice Peter McClellan. Photo: Jeremy Piper
Royal commission chairman Justice Peter McClellan. Photo: Jeremy Piper

An admission that the Sydney Catholic archdiocese provides financial support for convicted paedophile priests has drawn outrage from sex abuse survivors at a royal commission.

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