AUSTRALIA
The Morning Bulletin
CATHOLIC Bishop of Rockhampton Michael McCarthy and Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea leader Sister Berneice Loch have renewed their apology to child abuse victims at Neerkol.
The pair has issued a joint statement this afternoon following the completion of the Royal Commission into child abuse hearing in Rockhampton.
The hearing heard confronting evidence from former residents at the Neerkol orphanage who were victims of sexual and physical abuse.
Bishop McCarthy and Sister Loch’s statement said:
“Over the past two weeks we have listened to the women and men who were physically, emotionally and sexually abused by priests of the Diocese of Rockhampton and sisters and staff at St Joseph’s Orphanage, Neerkol.
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