Traumatic, Costly, Complex, Shocking: Bring It on

By Stuart Rintoul
The Australian
April 4, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/traumatic-costly-complex-shocking-bring-it-on/story-fn59niix-1226612015664



"THE task we have is large, the issues are complex," royal commissioner Peter McClellan said, after setting out the magnitude of the inquiry into child-sex abuse.

The first hearing day was brief, a first step towards a dark and ominous mountain. It heard no evidence and none will be heard until the last quarter of the year at least, although Justice McClellan revealed that the cost of the commission was already at $22 million and notices had been served on "particular bodies within the Catholic Church in Australia and its insurer, the Salvation Army and the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, seeking the production of documents".