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.
Royal commission finds some pedophiles ‘shared’ victims, while the church did nothing but revoke some awards.
NSW MPs want a judicial review of laws governing the reporting of church officials who know of child sex abuse.
‘St John of God seriously do not believe they have a problem,’ says consultant psychologist Michelle Mulvihill says.
The Vatican was allegedly instrumental in propagating a culture of secrecy through canon laws to deal with abuse claims.
Churches will be forced to pay victims of child abuse compensation under a national redress scheme.
Bill Shorten has called for George Pell to again appear before the child sex abuse royal commission.
Child abuse took place on an unmatched scale within the Catholic Church, a royal commission report says.
Peter Gogarty, a survivor of sexual abuse, wants lasting, long-term change so what happened to him is not repeated.
What other organisation has bred so many sex offenders?
Claims of criminal misconduct against George Pell have been sent to the Office of Public Prosecutions for a second time.
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