In Depth

Phil Nagle, the man they will never silence

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Updated October 13 2020 - 8:48am, first published October 10 2020 - 5:00am
FIERCE ADVOCATE: Phil Nagle has spent years speaking out about historical abuse that happened in Ballarat. Prevented from talking under his own name, he successfully fought to restore that right this week. Photo: Adam Trafford.
FIERCE ADVOCATE: Phil Nagle has spent years speaking out about historical abuse that happened in Ballarat. Prevented from talking under his own name, he successfully fought to restore that right this week. Photo: Adam Trafford.

Phil Nagle is an unstoppable force. A vocal advocate for those who, like him, were sexually abused by Catholic clergy, Mr Nagle is admired for his resilience and sheer bloody mindedness - and feared by those he seeks to hold accountable.

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Jolyon Attwooll

Journalist

Reporter at the Ballarat Courier. Ex-Londoner and former commissioning editor at The Telegraph (the UK broadsheet, not the Sydney tabloid).

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