AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Philippa McDonald
Every Catholic archbishop in the country except for Hobart is being called to give evidence at royal commission hearings starting next week in Sydney.
The three-week public hearing will focus on the extent of child sexual abuse over almost seven decades and what church leaders are doing to protect children.
The church’s most senior leaders will face the full panel of royal commissioners, and include the archbishops of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Canberra Goulburn.
The bishops of Darwin, Broome, Parramatta and the Maronite diocese of Australia are also on the witness list.
This is the 50th public hearing of the four-year-long royal commission and it is the 16th dealing with abuse in the Catholic Church.
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