AUSTRALIA
The Age
Barney Zwartz
March 15, 2012
THE Catholic Church in Melbourne has nothing to hide from an independent inquiry into its handling of sexual abuse allegations under the Melbourne Response, the city’s Archbishop, Denis Hart, said yesterday.
Archbishop Hart said he was confident any independent inquiry into its Melbourne Response protocol would confirm this.
But he declined to welcome an inquiry – saying he could not do so until he saw the terms of reference – or to comment on the handling of complaints before the protocol was introduced in 1996.
”We are not dodging for cover and hiding,” he said.
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