 The Cardinal Freeman Village in Ashfield is a retirement home providing accommodation to 380 people.In 2016, Freeman and Sydney auxiliary bishop Edward Kelly were faulted for shielding "predator priest" Roger Flaherty from potential prosecution when he was sexually abusing three altar boys in the 1970s and 1980s.Flaherty had pleaded guilty to the abuse in September 2015 and was later sentenced to two years and two weeks in prison in February 2016.