Those who protested outside Catholic churches believe they would have been arrested if such laws were in place

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Survivors of clergy abuse have expressed deep concern at proposals to ban protests outside places of worship, with lawyer John Ellis saying a blanket ban would have seen him arrested outside a Sydney cathedral last year.

Anthony Albanese on Wednesday backed proposals in New South Wales and Victoria to ban such protests in the wake of the firebombing of the Adass Israel synagogue and antisemitic vandalism in Sydney.

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