'Response to Abuse 'Messy'

By Dan Box
The Australian
December 11, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/in-depth/response-to-abuse-messy/story-fngburq5-1226781050970#



THE Catholic Church's response to allegations of child abuse by priests has "been done on the run", is inconsistent in its treatment of victims and is undermined by appallingly inaccurate record keeping, says the Archbishop of Brisbane.

Giving evidence yesterday to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Mark Coleridge called for an independent, national scheme to replace the church's authority to decide what financial compensation victims should receive.