Truth can now be told
The guilty verdicts will open the way for heavily redacted sections of the child abuse royal commission to be released.
The guilty verdicts will open the way for heavily redacted sections of the child abuse royal commission to be released.
Almost a quarter of callers to the Northern Territory’s child protection hotline did not get to report their concerns to anyone.
Teenagers sexually abused as while serving with the ADF say they have been overlooked in preparations for a national apology.
The Catholic Church has defied the abuse royal commission on the confessional seal, but agreed to 98 per cent of its other recommendations.
Catholic priests in South Australia will defy new laws requiring them to report confessions of child sexual abuse.
Malcolm Turnbull outlines the government’s response to the abuse royal commission as he sets a date for an apology to victims.
The Anglican Church, Salvation Army, Scouts Australia and the YMCA will join the redress scheme for child abuse survivors.
The Catholic Church will join the $4bn child abuse redress scheme in the first move from the faith’s new head of bishops.
The redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse has moved closer to nationwide coverage, adding to pressure on WA and SA to join.
A Queensland decision on whether to sign up to the commonwealth’s $4bn sex-abuse redress scheme is at hand.
JULIA Gillard’s royal commission risks sending a “dangerous message” by not investigating physical abuse and neglect as well.
THE Catholic Church will provide any new evidence of crimes contained in secret files to the police.
THE Catholic Church may be preparing to acknowledge its role in child sexual abuse after Cardinal George Pell’s apology, victims groups say.
CHURCH and victims’ groups have called on Labor to get the terms of reference for its royal commission into child abuse right.
GEORGE Pell has used his traditional Christmas message to apologise for the crimes of Christian officials, priests and teachers.
THE states have agreed to give the royal commission into child sexual abuse maximum legal powers to conduct investigations.
THE man who led the Catholic church’s review of its response to child abuse says governments must agree on full co-operation.
A TRIBUNAL that could award compensation to victims who suffered sexual abuse while in the care of institutions should be created.
THE royal commission into child sex abuse should investigate allegations of organised pedophile rings, child pornography and prostitution.
THE AMERICAN Catholic church paid tens of thousands of dollars to the US victims of an Australian pedophile priest.
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