'Catastrophic failure' of Catholic Church leadership in Ballarat caused 'irreparable suffering': royal commission

The Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse has released a damning report into the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat, describing its handling of clergy child sex abuse as a "catastrophic failure of leadership". The commissioners found a culture of secrecy and failures in the church's structure led to children being abused across the diocese over a number of decades.

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