AUSTRALIA
The Canberra Times
July 21, 2018
Catholic bishops and community leaders were quick to issue dramatic and heart felt mea culpas over the church’s failures following the release of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse’s report in December, 2017.
The then president of the Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference, Denis Hart, cut straight to the heart of the issue: “This is a shameful past, in which a prevailing culture of secrecy and self-protection led to unnecessary suffering for many victims and their families,” he said.
“Once again I reiterate my unconditional apology for this suffering and a commitment to ensuring justice for those affected.”
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