AUSTRALIA
PM News
The Anglican Church in Australia on Friday admitted that it tried to silence child sex abuse victims, a Royal Commission inquiry revealed.
According to their records, some 1082 child sex abuse complaints were made between 1980 and 2015 against 569 alleged perpetrators, including 247 ordained clergy, in the Anglican Church in Australia.
“The church did not always protect the children it was entrusted to care for and allowed harm to continue, Anne Hywood, the Church’s general secretary.
“We did not believe those who came forward and we tried to silence them.
“We cared more about the church’s reputation than those who had been harmed,’’ the commission told during a hearing in Sydney.
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