The royal commission has finished for the day and will resume on Thursday at 10am. Joanne
McCarthy gives a wrap up of the first day of the commission into
Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in the Maitland-Newcastle
Catholic diocese.
3.09pm Sister Evelyn Woodward has taken the stand to give evidence.
Woodward is a psychologist, and has worked on the Australian bishops’ committee for professional standards. She worked as a psychologist from 1975, was living in the Merewether convent with other nuns, and had her own counselling practice at Merewether.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4132198/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-live-blog/
3.09pm Sister Evelyn Woodward has taken the stand to give evidence.
Woodward is a psychologist, and has worked on the Australian bishops’ committee for professional standards. She worked as a psychologist from 1975, was living in the Merewether convent with other nuns, and had her own counselling practice at Merewether.
http://www.theherald.com.au/story/4132198/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-live-blog/