The Reckoning

By: The Guardian
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  • Summary

  • Judgement comes to George Pell. David Marr and Melissa Davey on the fall of a cardinal
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Episodes
  • The Reckoning preview - Guardian Australia podcast | David Marr

    The Reckoning preview - Guardian Australia podcast | David Marr
    Dec 8 2017
    David Marr explores the unravelling of the child abuse scandal in Australia and across the globe. In a story of ‘faith, power, money and abuse’ he investigates the work of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse, the first inquiry of such a scale anywhere in the world. Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and could be upsetting
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    1 min
  • The Reckoning part one: the road to the royal commission – podcast | David Marr

    The Reckoning part one: the road to the royal commission – podcast | David Marr
    Dec 11 2017
    At the start of a new series by Guardian Australia, David Marr investigates the background to Australia’s unprecedented royal commission on institutional responses to child sexual abuse – investigating a centuries-long story of faith, money, power and abuse. Marr traces the story through the US, Ireland and, eventually, to Australia. He hears from victims, experts and participants in the commission as he investigates: why has the truth taken so long to emerge? Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and upsetting • Why Australia’s royal commission on child sexual abuse had to happen – explainer
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    19 mins
  • The Reckoning, part 2: David Marr on the appalling truth revealed at the child sexual abuse commission

    The Reckoning, part 2: David Marr on the appalling truth revealed at the child sexual abuse commission
    Dec 15 2017
    David Marr and Melissa Davey follow the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse – from the hearings in Ballarat in Victoria, ground zero of Australia’s abuse scandal, to a powerful final gathering in Sydney. The story includes evidence from Australia’s most notorious child abuser, Gerald Ridsdale, and his victims. Warning: some of the material in this podcast is explicit and upsetting The Reckoning, part 1: the road to the commission Royal commission delivers its final report
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    20 mins

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