Rock of Remembrance

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New Norcia Road, Western Australia.

Description

'Rock of Remembrance' memorial alongside the church abbey explicitly recognising the victims of child sexual abuse. New Norcia was identified by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse as one of the nation's worst historical child sex offenders. The commission found one in five Benedictine priests between 1950 and 2010 were alleged child abusers - triple the national average for Catholic institutions.

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Lat: -30.970132 Lng: 116.216183