An Australian lawmaker has angered the Catholic Church by naming a prominent clergyman as a suspect in a 40-year-old sexual assault. Senator Nick Xenophon revealed in parliament Tuesday that Monsignor Ian Dempsey is the previously unnamed priest accused of repeatedly raping Archbishop John Hepworth in the 1960s. At the time, Dempsey was a seminary student […]
Australian Lawmaker Names Catholic Priest as Accused Sex Abuser
Posted September 14th, 2011 at 5:30 am (UTC-5)
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