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Ridsdale had a boy living with him, but Mulkearns failed to intervene. The commission found that Mulkearns "ignored" pleas from Paul Levey's mother who was "concerned about the situation and sought his assistance" even though "By this time, Bishop Mulkearns knew of Ridsdale’s admission of offending against boys." The Commission stated that Bishop Mulkearns’ response to Paul Levey living with Ridsdale in the Mortlake presbytery "demonstrated a total absence of concern for the welfare of that boy". The commission also heard that every boy at the school at Mortlake between the age of 10 and 16 had been abused by Gerard Ridsdale. One victim held a photo of a class from St Alipius Primary School and stated that 12 of the 33 boys had committed suicide because of the abuse.
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the first bishop of the diocese to be refused a burial in the cathedral crypt, and was interred at the
Ballarat General Cemetery in a small ceremony. According to Ballarat diocese vicar-general Justin Driscoll, that was "a direct response to the revelations of the Royal Commission. It was not appropriate for the former bishop to be buried there ". Driscoll said the action would be a "permanent and painful reminder" of the abuse, and the cover up by the church authorities. Mulkearns left most of his estate, including a
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This case study exposed a catastrophic failure in the leadership of the
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toward the end of his life and died on 3 April 2016. His funeral service was held at
Nazareth House where he spent the last final months at the nursing home. Ballarat clergy sex abuse survivor Phil Nagle said: "His passing means a lot of secrets and sins will go to the grave with him." Mulkearns was
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As a result, from the evidence made public during the Royal
Commission, Mulkearn's name has been removed from many buildings in the diocese. Victims have called for the removal of plaques at Warrnambool, Mortlake, Noorat and Koroit. Bishop Bird said he thought removing plaques was going too far. In
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had admitted to
Mulkearns that he had offended against children. The commission said Ridsdale should never have been appointed to Horsham because Bishop Mulkearns knew about sexual allegations against Ridsdale at the time. The Commission found in its report on Ballarat that Mulkearns was dismissive
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