Australian Bishops and Religious Leaders are morally obliged to do
everything they can to ensure police are aware of incidents of child sex
abuse.
Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council made the statement today following the publication of an article in Crux magazine earlier this week and in The Guardian today. The articles say that the Catholic church is telling newly appointed bishops that it is ‘not necessarily’ their duty to report accusations of clerical child abuse and that only victims or their families should make the decision to report abuse to police.
http://www.cssa.org.au/media/media-releases/article/?id=-the-truth-justice-and-healing-council-reiterates-bishops-moral-obligation-to-report-child-sex-abuse#.Vr7B59A1eUn
Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council made the statement today following the publication of an article in Crux magazine earlier this week and in The Guardian today. The articles say that the Catholic church is telling newly appointed bishops that it is ‘not necessarily’ their duty to report accusations of clerical child abuse and that only victims or their families should make the decision to report abuse to police.
http://www.cssa.org.au/media/media-releases/article/?id=-the-truth-justice-and-healing-council-reiterates-bishops-moral-obligation-to-report-child-sex-abuse#.Vr7B59A1eUn
