Confession

It’s heartening to see Australian politicians taking a stand around Catholic clergy abuse, but the calls to action this week by Senator Nick Xenophon and Victorian MP Anne Barker don’t quite go far enough. 

Cover ups should be left to the past. Photo:AP

We now need a Federal Government led, transparent national inquiry and mandatory reporting of all crimes revealed within the Church environment.

The Cloyne report, an independent state report released in Ireland into Catholic clergy abuse last week is the fourth inquiry in six years. All of the reports have been damning, chronicling the repeated failure of the Church to protect children, bring the guilty to justice and make the welfare of victims paramount.

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  • Anne Stocks says:

    11:17am | 19/08/11

    So what does God say about Child abuse again…. does He care for the sufferings of His little ones who’s innocence has been stolen from them, whose souls and minds are polluted by the promptings of the perverted and carnal nature of man ( women ) who are being controlled… Read more »

  • Lawrie says:

    05:16pm | 18/08/11

    Statistics say one in three girls are sexually molested . In boys its one in six . In Catholic run Institutions namely Orphanages etc. its one in two who are affected as victims or where witnessed by other children .You can’t argue against , that the Catholic Church has had… Read more »

 

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