Tjhc Welcomes Release of Royal Commission Findings into Marist Brothers Canberra Hearing

Truth Justice and Healing Council
December 11, 2015

http://www.tjhcouncil.org.au/media/111784/151211-MEDIA-RELEASE-TJHC-welcomes-release-of-RC-findings-into-Marist-Brothers-Canberra-hearing.pdf

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The Truth Justice and Healing Council has welcomed the release of the Royal Commission’s final report into Case Study 13 which examined the response of the Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse against Brother Kostka Chute and former Brother, Gregory Sutton.

The report was released today (Friday 11 December 2015) following a public hearing held in Canberra and Sydney in June, July and August 2014 which investigated allegations against Chute and Sutton in schools in the ACT, NSW and Queensland.

Mr Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Catholic Church’s Truth Justice and Healing Council, said the report made a range of comments on people involved with Chute and Sutton and the way in which they had dealt with claims of abuse made against them over a number of years.

“The Commission has been critical of the failure to act by a number of Provincials who missed opportunities to remove Brother Chute from teaching or from contact with children and as a result put more children at risk,” Mr Sullivan said.