Abuse hearing dates revealed

By Melissa Cunningham
Updated December 27 2015 - 7:46pm, first published 4:12pm
David Ridsdale, nephew of Gerald Ridsdale, arrives at the Ballarat Magistrates Court during the Royal Commission into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in May.
David Ridsdale, nephew of Gerald Ridsdale, arrives at the Ballarat Magistrates Court during the Royal Commission into sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in May.

Dates for the next public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Ballarat have been announced. The third part of public hearings into child sexual abuse by the Catholic clergy within Ballarat institutions will be held at the Ballarat Magistrates Court from February 22 to 26.  The hearing will examine the knowledge of the Christian Brothers in Ballarat and their response to the allegations of the sexual abuse of children at schools across Ballarat. 

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