Maria James’ family calls for ‘psychopath’ second priest to be investigated over murder

A second violent and abusive priest who molested the son of cold case murder victim Maria James should be investigated over her killing, according to James’ family.

James, a 38-year-old single mother, was stabbed 68 times in the back of her second-hand bookshop in Thornbury in Melbourne’s north in June 1980.

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In 2013, her son Adam James revealed he was abused by a local priest, Father Anthony Bongiorno, in the month leading up to his mother’s murder…

Source: Trace: Maria James’ family calls for ‘psychopath’ second priest to be investigated over murder – RN – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)