AUSTRALIA
The Age
Barney Zwartz
March 10, 2012
THE state government must stop stalling over an independent inquiry into the Catholic Church’s handling of sexual abuse and hold one ”immediately”, victims and advocates said yesterday.
Last October Attorney-General Robert Clark was able to defer several separate demands for an independent inquiry by asking Justice Philip Cummins to consider some questions as part of his inquiry into vulnerable children in Victoria. His report, released last week, unequivocally urged a specific inquiry.
Advocate and author Chrissie Foster said victims were being re-abused, bullied and paid a pittance under the Catholic Church’s own processes. Only an independent inquiry could give victims a true sense of justice.
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