Rightside Legal has successfully obtained compensation for survivors sexually abused in the Diocese of Ballarat, including by Father Robert Claffey.
Claffey was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1969. Between 1969 and 1992, he was appointed to various parishes in the Diocese of Ballarat including:
- Terang
- Warrnambool
- Portland
- Apollo Bay
- Wendouree.
Claffey sexually abused dozens of child parishioners under the guise of providing pastoral care.
In 2016 and 2019, Father Claffey was convicted and sentenced for sexually abusing children in the Diocese of Ballarat. The former Bishop of Ballarat between 1970 and 1992, Ronald Mulkearns, gave evidence that he remembered Father Claffey misbehaving in a “sexual way.”
In Case Study 2: Catholic Church Authorities in Ballarat, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse considered four priests in the Diocese of Ballarat, including Father Robert Claffey.
If you have any further information or you want legal advice in relation to Father Robert Claffey, please call 1300765702 or complete the confidential enquiry form below.
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