AUSTRALIA
Queensland Times
APN Newsdesk 9th Jun 2013
THE Australian Lawyers Alliance has called on the Catholic Church “to come clean” to the Victorian child sexual abuse inquiry on the number of victims the Church knows about.
In hearings on Friday, the Church confirmed it had accepted the authenticity of 849 complaints against clergy and brothers across the Victorian Church.
ALA spokesman Dr Andrew Morrison SC said the figures were not complete “because two thirds of the Victorian diocese were not included in those horrific figures and the Church is aware of at least another 90 cases”.
“It is not acceptable to wait for the Royal Commission to call for this material and then start the process of producing it,” he said.
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