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The Dominion Post
September 11, 2002

Accused nun visits Wellington

A nun accused last year of child abuse in Australia is in Wellington. Trustees for Sister Bernard Mary's order, the Sisters of Nazareth, said she was dead after a woman sought compensation in the Queensland Supreme Court last year for alleged abuse in the 1950s and 1960s. Sister Bernard has denied the charge. A Catholic Church spokeswoman said yesterday that Sister Bernard, who lives in Christchurch, was in Wellington to support a fellow nun who had had major surgery.