The latest statements and media releases from the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle are listed below including those from the Catholic Schools Office, CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning and the Catholic Community Fund.
Please direct any media enquiries or requests for interviews to the Communications Team via email: mediainbox@mn.catholic.org.au
Detailed communication in support of Bishop Bill Wright’s open letter to the People of the Diocese
DETAILED COMMUNICATION IN SUPPORT OF BISHOP BILL WRIGHT’S OPEN LETTER TO THE PEOPLE OF THE DIOCESE IN PREPARATION FOR THE AIRING OF THE ABC DOCUMENTARY REVELATION The details set out below are writte…
Open letter from Bishop Bill Wright to the People of the Diocese
Please CLICK HERE to view the open letter from Bishop Bill Wright to the People of the Diocese.
Statement from Bishop Bill Wright: Volume IV of the Cunneen Commission Report
When first asked about the calls for a Royal Commission into the history of Child Sexual Abuse in this diocese, I said that I would welcome a public inquiry. I believed that only an investigation by c…
Catholic Diocese's commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults reaches new heights
The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle’s commitment to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults will reach new levels from today, with its existing agency Zimmerman Services upgrad…
Progress on the region’s newest school
The Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle is one step closer to delivering high school education in Port Stephens, with its development application for Catherine McAuley Catholic College now approved…
Statement from Bishop Bill Wright: Cardinal Pell appeal outcome
In December 2018 Cardinal George Pell was convicted for the sexual abuse of two choirboys at St Patrick’s Cathedral in 1996 and 1997. It was the second trial, after the first trial’s jury failed to re…
Brief letter to the Catholic people of the Diocese: Archbishop Wilson
Dear Brothers and Sisters, I know that you are dismayed every time there is a charge, a trial or a conviction related to the history ofchild sexual abuse in this diocese. Quite rightly your hearts go…
Message from Bishop Bill Wright: Archbishop Wilson's criminal conviction and sentencing
Archbishop Phillip Wilson grew up in the Catholic community of Maitland-Newcastle Diocese and was a priest of the diocese from his ordination in 1975 until his appointment as Bishop of Wollongong in 1…
Message from Bishop Bill Wright - Lina's Project
As Bishop of Maitland-Newcastle, I have listened to people’s agonising stories of how they were abused as children by clergy, religious, teachers and others in the church. For those children, their ab…
Message from Michael Slattery, Director of Schools - Lina's Project
‘As a community, we have all been affected by the insidious horror of child sexual abuse, and I apologise to the whole community across the Newcastle, Hunter and Manning regions. We will continue in…
