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Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

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Royal Commission report

The Church’s progress in implementing the relevant recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been outlined in a new report from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia.

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Report calls out clericalism

A national centre for Catholic leadership and governance, involving women in the selection and formation of seminarians, giving lay people input into the placement of parish priests, making diocesan pastoral councils mandatory and maintaining a strong Catholic media…

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Church marks National Apology anniversary

The Catholic Church in Australia has made significant progress in responding to the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse, Archbishop Mark Coleridge said today on the anniversary of the National Apology to survivors and victims.