Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 13th September 2017 -
A ground-breaking research study has analysed the reasons why the abuse of children has plagued the Catholic Church in Australia and worldwide – examining what it describes as…
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 24th March 2015 -
Generous financial payments, ongoing care and support and a meaningful apology should be key elements of a national child sexual abuse redress scheme according to the Catholic Church…
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 12th March 2015 -
Charities, churches and Governments will have a chance to outline their positions on compensation to victims of child sexual abuse at an upcoming Royal Commission hearing.
The Royal…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th February 2015 -
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found that Cardinal George Pell and the Sydney Catholic Archdiocese repeatedly failed in their dealings…
Xavier Smerdon, Friday, 12th December 2014 -
Catholic priest’s vow of celibacy may be behind decades of sexual abuse in the Church, according to a landmark report released today.
The Truth Justice and Healing Council,…
Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 10th September 2014 -
The Federal Labor Opposition says the Catholic Church appears to have moved away from its support for Government plans to scrap the national charity regulator, the ACNC.
In…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2014 -
A submission from the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council to the child abuse Royal Commission has called for a mandatory national victims’ redress…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 24th July 2014 -
The way in which the Archdiocese of Melbourne has responded to victims of child sexual abuse will be the focus of the next public hearing involving the Catholic Church.
The hearing…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 29th April 2014 -
The Chair of the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council, Barry O'Keefe AM QC, died in Sydney last week.
O’Keefe, a former Commissioner of NSW’s…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 20th March 2014 -
A major arm of the Catholic Church has thrown its support behind the abolition of the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) after the regulator was named as…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 14th November 2013 -
If the Catholic Church is mentioned frequently in the report of the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the sexual abuse of children, Catholics and their leaders can hardly complain.…
Lina Caneva, Thursday, 14th November 2013 -
The Victorian Government says it will move immediately to draft legislation to reflect the recommendations of a damning Victorian Parliamentary report into the handling of child…
