AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
By JOANNE McCARTHY Nov. 8, 2013
ANGLICANS across Australia will be ‘‘disappointed’’ with the church as the royal commission exposes child sexual abuse at the North Coast Children’s Home, Newcastle Anglican Bishop Administrator Peter Stuart says.
‘‘They will wonder why we [the church] made these decisions and quite rightly they’ll be listening to the way the royal commission investigates these practices,’’ he said yesterday, almost a year since the royal commission was announced by then Prime Minister Julia Gillard on November 12, 2012.
It was ‘‘an important royal commission, making it clear to the wider community that child sexual abuse is not acceptable in the community’’.
It occurred ‘‘in places we thought we could trust, including the church’’.
He encouraged victims to speak to the royal commission, or make contact with the diocese’s professional standards unit on 1800 774945.
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