Australia's most senior Catholic leaders delivered a scathing
assessment of their church's past approach to victims of child sexual
abuse, telling a royal commission it was "criminal negligence" and "a
catastrophic failure".
Five metropolitan archbishops appeared before a packed hearing room at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which is examining Catholic church authorities in a three-week inquiry.
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/4489560/catholic-leaders-speak-of-churchs-catastrophic-failure-in-past-approach-to-child-abuse/?cs=12
Five metropolitan archbishops appeared before a packed hearing room at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, which is examining Catholic church authorities in a three-week inquiry.
http://www.northerndailyleader.com.au/story/4489560/catholic-leaders-speak-of-churchs-catastrophic-failure-in-past-approach-to-child-abuse/?cs=12