THE leader of the Catholic Church in
WA has been ordered to appear before the child sex abuse royal
commission’s final public hearing, which will lay bare the church’s
“confronting and shameful” history of child sexual abuse in Australia.
Perth
Catholic Archbishop Timothy Costelloe revealed in a letter to the
church’s 100-plus parishes yesterday he had been summoned to give
evidence before the commission, which begins a six-week public hearing
in Sydney on Monday.http://www.news.com.au/national/western-australia/wa-archbishop-to-give-evidence-at-child-sex-abuse-royal-commissions-final-public-hearing/news-story/ae9197d7b3bf1756067924fa13de87d5