Linda Kelly-Lawless
This is my story...
MEDIA
Secrets and Lies Foreign Correspondent ABC 24 Sept 2019 with Lisa Millar
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Lisa Millar , Myself & Bronwen Reed Producer.
Every Family Has A Secret S3E04 SBS 14th Apr 2022 With Noni Hazelhurst
Now on Netflix
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Noni Hazelhurst & Myself.
The Project, Channel 10 - 25th Sept 2023
Producer Sarah Carson
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Sarah Carson ( Producer) & Myself
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
The Catholic Church has acknowledged one of its priests fathered a child, after his daughter used high-level DNA testing to legally prove her identity in an Australian first.
South Australian woman Linda Kelly-Lawless has been campaigning for six-and-a-half years for the Catholic Church to recognise that she is the daughter of Victorian priest, Father Joseph Kelly, who died in 1989.
Borderwatch 25-4-25
Take 5 Magazine 3/7/25
RADIO
Your Radical Truth - June 3rd 2025
"Thousands of children around the world are believed to be born to Catholic priests, yet our stories remain hidden in the shadows. I was one of them. At age 8, I learned the man raising me wasn’t my biological father. It wasn’t until decades later, through DNA testing, that I discovered the truth: my father was a Catholic priest.
What followed was a six-year battle for recognition from the Church, filled with denial, deflection, and trauma. But I refused to back down. I now hold a corrected birth certificate and a voice for thousands like me."
I recently shared my full story with Margaret Mary O'Connor on the #YourRadicalTruthPodcast. This is not just my journey. It’s about truth, justice, and the Church’s responsibility to acknowledge the lives it tried to erase.
Listen here: www.yourradicaltruth.com/038-Linda-Kelly-Lawless
#CatholicChurch #DNAJustice #HiddenChildren
The Roaming Roots Podcast
with Emmanuel Mabe & Innocent