Australian PM to deliver a national apology to child sexual abuse victims
Australia’s Federal Government will deliver a formal apology to survivors, victims and families of institutional child sexual abuse in October and create a National Office for Child Safety, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced. The move was among the government’s formal response to the recommendations contained in the final report of the Royal Commission into […]
Updated: Australian Royal Commission recommends religious ministers be compelled to report child sex abuse and Vatican consider making celibacy voluntary
Updated: 12pm, 16th December, 2017 Australia’s Royal Commission into Institutional Responses in Child Sexual Abuse has handed down its final report with 189 recommendations, including that religious ministers be forced to report suspicions or knowledge of abuse gained in the confessional and that the Catholic Church consider introducing voluntary, instead of mandatory, celibacy for clergy. […]