AUSTRALIA
Western Advocate
By JACINTA CARROLL Nov. 8, 2014
RELIGIOUS leaders have shown their support for reform within the Catholic Church in its efforts to prevent future child sexual abuse within the organisation.
Truth Justice and Healing Council chief executive officer Francis Sullivan was in Bathurst yesterday to speak with a group of 40 local church officials including Bishop Michael McKenna, priests and representatives from Catholic welfare and health organisations about the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, and the church’s response to it.
The Catholic Church established TJH to help it fully embrace the Royal Commission.
The council helps the church deal with the tragic legacy of child sexual abuse and to help victims and survivors be heard and supported.
Mr Sullivan told the Western Advocate that he spoke to yesterday’s conference about the Royal Commission and what the council is doing.
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