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.
A LEADING support groups for victims of child abuse believes none of the recent state-based inquiries should be used as a model.
JULIA Gillard changed her mind on a royal commission between leaving Bali last Friday and entering the cabinet room on Monday.
STATE inquiries should feed into the proposed national royal commission on child sexual abuse, a leading child advocate says.
THE Catholic Bishop of Newcastle said it was possible a pedophile ring once existed among its clergy.
CARDINAL George Pell is resolute that priests who have heard pedophiles’ confessions should not answer questions at the proposed royal commission.
PROTOCOLS to deal with child abuse introduced in the Catholic Church in 1996 by George Pell could be refined and improved.
IT will open old wounds, but victims welcome the royal commission.
TONY Abbott has declared a national royal commission into child sexual abuse will be a “step towards healing” for Australia.
AUSTRALIA’S most senior Catholic says an inquiry will help determine whether reports about child abuse in the church have been a “significant exaggeration”.
THE IRISH judge who conducted the only national child abuse inquiry similar to that proposed by Julia Gillard has urged her not to impose restrictive time limits.
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