article_snippet: Rachel Griffiths Rachel Griffiths says Rachel Griffiths was ‘quite elated’ when Rachel Griffiths heard a heritage-listed Catholic church in Melbourne, where horrific child abuse once took place, had been destroyed by fire.
article_snippet: The Six Feet Under star revealed that like many of The St James Church former parishioners Rachel Griffiths found it hard to even ‘drive past’ St James church in Brighton, in Melbourne’s south-east.
article_snippet: Rachel Griffiths Rachel Griffiths told 774 Melbourne The St James Church was plagued by ‘tragedy and complicated feelings’ and described The St James Church as being known locally as ‘the haunted house on the hill’.
article_snippet: It's been hard for priests to really cleanse this parish, this parish's been very difficult to rebuild a community and we pretty much all scattered after the revelations came out and found other parishes.'
article_snippet: Rachel Griffiths revealed Rachel Griffiths and other local Catholics had avoided being married in The St James Church because of the sick crimes that historically took place inside The St James Church.
article_snippet: Rachel Griffiths Rachel Griffiths is happy that The St James Church Melbourne has burned down because of The St James Church past links to a paedophile priest .
article_snippet: Rachel Griffiths mother stopped taking Rachel Griffiths to The St James Church after Rachel Griffiths father left them because Pickering wouldn't have a 'divorced woman in The St James Church'. '
article_snippet: I think that's probably one thing that saved our family that so many of my friends' brothers got involved with,' Rachel Griffiths said.
article_snippet: We stopped going because Pickering stopped Her mother at the door.'
article_snippet: This occurred within the change rooms of The St James Church and within the presbytery.
article_snippet: Ms Griffiths revealed Ms Griffiths and other local Catholics had avoided being married in The St James Church .
article_snippet: ’s former parishioners found it hard to even 'drive past' St James church in Brighton after revelations of child abuse came out .
highlights_snippet: Rachel Griffiths and Rachel Griffiths family used to be members of The St James Church .
  
highlights_snippet: Like many locals Rachel Griffiths and her family abandoned it when Rachel Griffiths and her family learned of abuse history .
  