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'Mind-boggling': Abuse victim reported priest but he was never defrocked

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Peter Cotton told Tasmania's Catholic Church it had a paedophile priest in its ranks. More than 20 years on, he's worried the church hasn't learnt from the experience.

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'Mind-boggling': Abuse victim reported priest but he was never defrocked

Peter Cotton told Tasmania's Catholic Church it had a paedophile priest in its ranks. More than 20 years on, he's worried the church hasn't learnt from the experience.

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Peter Cotton tried to raise the alarm about an abusive priest — he’s worried the church hasn’t learnt from it

In short: Peter Cotton was sexually abused by Christian Brother teacher Daniel McMahon at Aquinas College in Perth in the 1960s. When he found out many years later McMahon had moved to Tasmania to become a priest, he made a complaint to the Archdiocese of Hobart. What’s next? Mr Cotton is worried the Tasmanian church has not learnt from the situation and warns, “if they’re not prepared to look into it seriously and make some admissions, they run

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ABC Australia broke the news in Australia on Saturday, April 5, 2025.
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