The Catholic Church's much-criticised Melbourne Response is not
independent, is overly legalistic and should leave it to the police to
advise abuse victims about potential charges, an inquiry has found.
The child abuse royal commission has found the Melbourne Response scheme is not sufficiently independent of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, and its independent commissioners, Carelink counselling and compensation panel are not necessarily independent of each other.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/14/melbourne-scheme-not-independent-church
The child abuse royal commission has found the Melbourne Response scheme is not sufficiently independent of the Archdiocese of Melbourne, and its independent commissioners, Carelink counselling and compensation panel are not necessarily independent of each other.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/09/14/melbourne-scheme-not-independent-church