AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
AAP
The Anglican Church admits it put its reputation first and tried to silence child abuse victims yet many parishioners are still in denial that their beloved clergy could be paedophiles.
Church records show 1082 people have made complaints about 569 alleged perpetrators in the Anglican Church in Australia, although that is not considered the full extent of offending.
Brisbane Archbishop Phillip Aspinall said large parts of the church were still in denial about the suffering caused by child sexual abuse and that their clergy could engage in such behaviour.
“I think the bishops have got it but I think there are a lot of people in the church, on the ground, who still have not understood,” Archbishop Aspinall told the child sex abuse royal commission today.
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