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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Christopher Knaus

‘It’s gutless’: clergy abuse survivors and their families outraged by legal stays that thwart cases

Audrey Nash
Audrey Nash, mother of alleged victim Andrew Nash, who took his life at 13. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Two hours after Audrey Nash forced her son Andrew’s bedroom door open, finding him dead by suicide at just 13, she received a surprise home visit from a now notorious member of the Catholic clergy.

Marist Brother Francis “Romuald” Cable, one of New South Wales’ worst Catholic school paedophiles, fired off a strange series of questions to the shocked and grieving mother.

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