Catholic abuse report findings to be released

AUSTRALIA
Australian Associated Press

December 11,2017

The prime minister and premiers must act now to ensure reforms recommended by the child sexual abuse royal commission are not shelved or lost in politics, a key Catholic Church adviser says.

The church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council CEO Francis Sullivan has called on Malcolm Turnbull and state and territory leaders to immediately set up a COAG committee to implement the recommendations in the inquiry’s final report, which will be released on Friday.

Mr Sullivan says once the report is in the public domain all participants including the Catholic Church need to implement the recommendations and it is up to Mr Turnbull to lead the way.

‘I think he has to show that this report is going to be taken 100 per cent seriously, it’s not going to be put in a drawer, it’s not going to be just one bit’s accepted and another bit’s not,’ Mr Sullivan told AAP.

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