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Maria James' murder narrows onto the church - Trace

December 8, 2021
Ritual Abuse
Project Millstone
Father O'Keeffe sexually abused Adam James.

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Father O'Keeffe sexually abused Adam James. Play Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
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As the focus over Maria James' murder narrows onto the church, Adam reveals new information about a second abusive priest within the family's local parish.

Rachael Brown investigates the priest's past and discovers a dark and disturbing history.

Warning: this episode contains material that may be confronting for some listeners.

Correction: This episode was republished on 6/7/2017 to correct a line of script that referred to Father O'Keefe as K, rather than by his full name.

Thomas O'Keeffe and John Cain
Father Thomas O'Keeffe (left) and former Victorian Premier John Cain (right). A witness said he saw a man who 'looked like John Cain' on the day of Maria James' murder at the nearby church. Neither the ABC nor the witness are suggesting Mr Cain had anything to do with these events, but was referenced by the witness as a likeness for the person they saw.

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Credits

Trace is a podcast created and presented by ABC investigative reporter Rachael Brown

Investigation by Rachael Brown

Assistant production by Kerrie Ritchie, Rachel Carbonell, Andy Burns & Ryan Pemberton

Research and fact checking by Emma Lancaster

Legals provided by Grant McAvaney

Digital production lead by Jeremy Story Carter

Sound, original music and additional production by Martin Peralta

Additional original music by Josh Curtis

Script editing by Sophie Townsend

Executive Producer Tim Roxburgh

Executive Producer/Series Editor Jesse Cox

Duration: 27min 54sec
Broadcast: Wed 5 Jul 2017, 10:30pm