AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Nicole Chettle and Michelle Brown
The Uniting Church in Australia has apologised to children sexually abused in its congregations and institutions, while Jehovah’s Witness seniors have defended their two-witness rule and shunning of victims.
The statement from the president of the church’s General Assembly Stuart McMillan came during evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Mr McMillan said “we are, and I am deeply sorry that we didn’t protect and care in accordance with our Christian values for those children”.
“… I want to acknowledge the impact that it’s had in the lives of those young people, and to say I’m truly sorry.”
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