60 Minutes Australia TV
The trusted women’s treatment centre accused of being run like a religious cult. It was a place of abuse and terror at the hands of its leader, Patricia Lovato. The shocking exposé of Esther House. 60 Minutes Australia: Bad Faith, 2023
How in God’s name was it allowed to go on for so long? ibid.
With government and church support it went on to occupy this former convent in Perth until its closure earlier this year. ibid.
Neither Patricia or Rod had medical qualifications. ibid.
Others were ordered to Esther House by the courts and juvenile authorities. ibid.