SCOTLAND
Scotsman
ALASTAIR DALTON
An independent body is to be established by the Catholic Church in Scotland to oversee the safeguarding of victims and potential victims of abuse.
The move will form part of a major overhaul of how the Church deals with abuse cases as it implements recommendations by the McLellan Commission on protecting children and vulnerable adults.
The Church accepted the findings in full when the report was published in August. It aims to implement most of the recommendations within two years.
The commission report said creating proper safeguards was the “greatest challenge” facing the Church following decades of child abuse.
The reforms, agreed by the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, will be published tomorrow – the second anniversary of the launch of the commission under the Very Rev Andrew McLellan, a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.
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