Bishop: I was abused by a priest

A bishop who first arrived in Australia as a refugee has said that he suffered sexual abuse by a priest.

Bishop Vincent Long Van Nguyen of Parramatta made the disclosure at a royal commission hearing in Sydney last week.

“I was also a victim of sexual abuse by clergy when I first came to Australia, even though I was an adult,” he told the royal commission investigating institutional responses to child sexual abuse.

“That had a powerful impact on me and how I want to … walk in the shoes of other victims and really endeavour to attain justice and dignity for them.”