Dear sisters and brothers,
The final hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to the Catholic Church was held in Sydney over three weeks from February 6 to February 24, 2017. It concluded last Friday after a day and a half dedicated to the witness given under oath by the five metropolitan Archbishops of Australia, of whom I am one as Archbishop of Perth.
For the victims and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy, religious and other Catholic Church personnel this was an opportunity to hear from the current senior leadership of the Church our understanding of the causes of this terrible scourge, and what we, with our brother bishops and other leaders in the Church, intend to do in response.
http://www.therecord.com.au/news/local/a-pastoral-letter-to-the-catholic-community/
The final hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in relation to the Catholic Church was held in Sydney over three weeks from February 6 to February 24, 2017. It concluded last Friday after a day and a half dedicated to the witness given under oath by the five metropolitan Archbishops of Australia, of whom I am one as Archbishop of Perth.
For the victims and survivors of sexual abuse by clergy, religious and other Catholic Church personnel this was an opportunity to hear from the current senior leadership of the Church our understanding of the causes of this terrible scourge, and what we, with our brother bishops and other leaders in the Church, intend to do in response.
http://www.therecord.com.au/news/local/a-pastoral-letter-to-the-catholic-community/