Allegations
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Prime Minister Helen
Clark has been asked to intervene after an Australian court decided not to
grant extradition for two Catholic clergymen to face charges of sexual abuse
in Ken Clearwater, manager
of the Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse Trust, which has supported many of the
alleged victims, has contacted Helen Clark to ask the Government to get
involved after Raymond Garchow and Rodger Moloney had their extradition order
overturned by an Australian Federal Court judge last week. Mr Clearwater said the
Government should support the boys because many were wards of state or placed
at the school by the former Social Welfare Department. The two clergymen from
the St John of God order, were due to face charges of sexual abuse in the
1970s against children at But Justice Rodney
Madgwick said in Justice Madgwick, said
it would be "unjust or oppressive" to send the clergymen back to
face trial given the differences between the two countries' legal systems and
the delay in bringing the allegations. A spokesman for Helen
Clark told |