WASHINGTON (DC)
Catholic News Service
June 4, 2019
The Australian Catholic Church has released its National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, more than 18 months after they were recommended by the country’s landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, in the latest chapter in the overhaul of how the church responds to clergy sexual abuse.
The standards closely parallel the commission’s recommendations as well as norms enshrined by the government in the National Principles for Child Safe Organisations, although some provisions have been watered down, observers noted.
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