For the first time in its 150 year history an abuse survivor has taken the Archdiocese of Melbourne to trial, claiming it is responsible for the dark path his life took.
"The abuse robbed him of his childhood, ruined his mental health and set him on a path towards a life of shame, guilt and profound mental illness, substance abuse, alcoholism, fractured relationships, anger, suicide attempts, criminal activity, violence with partners, neighbours, police and damaging property," his lawyer Fiona McLeod AO SC told the court.
Gannon resigned from the church in 1993 after a victim survivor told the Vicar General, and Gannon admitted to the abuse, the royal commission was told. Two years later in 1995, Gannon was convicted of nine counts of sexual abuse of four boys aged between 11 and 12. He was sentenced to one year in jail.In 2009 he was convicted for the assault of Oliver, and went to jail for the second time.
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