Archbishop Admits Catholic Church Has a Profound ‘culture of Concealment’

By Carleen Frost
NT News
February 7, 2017

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THE first Catholic Archbishop to front the Royal Commission into child sex abuse has boldly declared “we do our own thing” in the church, which he described as a law unto itself.

Yesterday’s sitting into the systemic exploitation heard the Catholic Church lacked transparency and was so secretive it even hid information between it’s own divisions.

Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge told the packed public gallery the church had a profound “culture of concealment” throughout its ranks and needed to work on becoming more transparent.

“I suspect it is the lingering effects of what was a deeply rooted culture — we do our own thing,” he said.