AUSTRALIA
Pro Bono
Thursday, August 14, 2014
A submission from the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council to the child abuse Royal Commission has called for a mandatory national victims’ redress scheme operated by Government but funded by the institutions responsible for the abuse.
CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council, Francis Sullivan, said the scheme needed to be non-adversarial, low cost to claimants and provide just, compassionate and fair compensation for victims.
“The days of the Catholic Church investigating itself are over,” Sullivan said.
“For the sake of the survivors of clerical sexual abuse within the Church and all other institutions the development of an independent national victims’ redress scheme is a giant step forward in delivering justice for people suffering the devastating impacts of child sexual abuse.
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