In a recent interview Francis Sullivan, chief executive of the Catholic Church's Truth, Justice and Healing Council, claimed that the recent Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was "two years too long and 20 years too late." Too long because in the end it suffered from both media and church fatigue; too late because many of the culprits were "either dead or demented".
With the tabling of the final report in December, the question remains just what impact the work of the commission in uncovering high levels of clergy sexual abuse and subsequent cover-up has had on Catholics, particularly those "in the pews". Has their trust in their bishops and priests been eroded and do they think the church is now responding adequately to the crisis the commission has identified?
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/royal-commission-has-been-a-major-crisis-for-the-catholic-church-leadership-20180208-h0vrz7
With the tabling of the final report in December, the question remains just what impact the work of the commission in uncovering high levels of clergy sexual abuse and subsequent cover-up has had on Catholics, particularly those "in the pews". Has their trust in their bishops and priests been eroded and do they think the church is now responding adequately to the crisis the commission has identified?
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/royal-commission-has-been-a-major-crisis-for-the-catholic-church-leadership-20180208-h0vrz7
