Positive Hope for Change for Victims and Survivors of Clergy Sexual Abuse with Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter Comensole - A Survivors First Impressions : By Mairead Ashcroft 31/7/18
Yesterday was Archbishop Peter Comensoli's first official day in Melbourne in his position as Melbourne's ninth Archbishop of the Catholic Church after replacing Archbishop Hart, a very unpopular and destructive representative as far as Survivors and Advocates are concerned . On his first day, Archbishop Peter chose to prioritize a one and a half hour, emphathic meeting with six survivors and their support people as his first duty in his role as Archbishop of Melbourne. Directly following his meeting with the survivors, was a meeting in which I was involved. Members consisted of six Advocates who have strong knowledge about the Melbourne Archdiocese and are able to offer reliable information about how childhood sexual abuse/rape, and victim disrespect, neglect and everything else, can and does perpetuate within the archdiocese and how drastic change needs to be made. We likened the Melbourne Archdiocese to a Hotel filled with rats with fleas and beds with bed bugs that ne