Victims outraged as paedophile priest wins right to stay in Australia and remain anonymous
Victims of a convicted paedophile priest are horrified after discovering he has had a deportation order overturned.
The former Catholic priest is a convicted child rapist but cannot be identified.
He’s been convicted of indecent assault and rape and should be on a plane back to Ireland, but after walking from prison in December he walked into an Administrative Appeals Tribunal hearing and the decision to have his citizenship revoked in 2016 was overturned.
He also won the right to have his identify kept secret.
One victim, Kellie Roche, said is “frustrated” and “angry” by the court’s ruling.
“Because he's being protected again and again and again - first by the church and now by the appeals process,” Ms Roche said.
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Victim's advocate Howard Brown said by withholding the priest's identity, "the average member of the community cannot have confidence in the administration of justice".
Critics of the decision told Seven News they cannot understand why the details of this case, and the former priest’s identity, are being protected.
The Federal Government has confirmed it will appeal the decision.
