AUSTRALIA
Christian Today
By: Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Victims of child sexual and physical abuse continued to come forward to the Catholic Church pastoral processes during the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into child abuse, the Church announced today.
Church spokesperson, Father Shane Mackinlay, said that in the 12 months to 30 June 2013, 53 complaints were received in Victoria by the Melbourne Response and Towards Healing that were relevant to the Inquiry.
Eighteen complaints were received by the Melbourne Response, with 13 upheld so far, and 35 complaints were received by Towards Healing, with 15 upheld to date.
The remaining five complaints to the Melbourne Response, and the 20 to Towards Healing, are still to be determined and are ongoing.
Seven of the Towards Healing complainants have chosen to go to the police and their cases will not resume until police actions are completed.
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