AUSTRALIA
The Standard
SOUTH-WEST Victorian families still haunted by sexual abuses by Catholic clergy have been given a new high-level avenue to air their concerns.
A special family and community development committee set up by the Baillieu government has called for submissions to help prepare a report on the issue for Parliament.
It will look at practices, policies and protocols in religious and other non-government organisations for handling allegations of criminal abuse of children including measures put in place in response to concerns.
Warrnambool’s Ann Ryan, a former teacher who waged a long battle with Catholic Church leaders over their lack of pastoral responsibility in dealing with abuses, welcomed the call for submissions.
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