Sydney Morning Herald | Irish pull away from scandal-hit Catholic Church Sydney Morning Herald MARIE Collins was 13 and in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children when she was abused. It was the hospital chaplain, a Catholic priest. He went to jail for it, many years later, like so many of his colleagues in Ireland, but only after decades of misery for Ms ... Church worker's threat to abuse inquiry witnesses Catholic Church welcomes the royal commission into child sex abuse Royal commission an excuse for some to trash the Catholic Church |