Clean up Your Act over Abuse

Noosa News
February 11, 2017

https://www.noosanews.com.au/news/clean-up-your-act-over-abuse/3142049/

ALTHOUGH not yet finished, the Royal Commission into Institutionalised Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has produced some shocking revelations and, as Scott Sawyer says, they are truly horrific (Daily, February 8).

The Federal Government has announced about $800 million in compensation.

Scott quite rightly asks: why shouldn't the Catholic Church be totally responsible for compensation for all their abuse victims, especially as he reports that it has been estimated that "the Catholic Church's tax exemptions at somewhere in the order of $16 billion annually in Australia".

The Catholic Church, the Salvation Army and all the other institutions that turned a blind eye to the abuse by the evil perpetrators within their ranks should be totally responsible for their unjust treatment of the victims and their families and pay up. Due to the heart-rending suffering and loss of victims, their families and friends, as a nation we have lost productive and valued members of our community.

We have been paying support to many of them through social services and health services.

Enough is well and truly enough. The churches and other institutions need to get the message: clean up your act. If any sort of abuse is reported, act immediately.

No more cover-ups.

It is time to bring some justice to bear for all concerned now.