Royal Commission Publishes Exhibits about Child Sexual Abuse in Catholic Church Institutions

My Sunshine Coast
July 10, 2017

https://mysunshinecoast.com.au/news/news-display/royal-commission-publishes-exhibits-about-child-sexual-abuse-in-catholic-church-institutions,50312

The Royal Commission has published documents relating to Catholic Church Insurance (CCI) and the Society of St Gerard Majella that were tendered during the public hearing into Catholic Church authorities in Australia (Case Study 50).

The public hearing was held in Sydney in February 2017.

The CCI documents relate to investigations conducted by CCI into child sexual abuse claims to establish whether an insured Catholic Church authority had prior knowledge of an alleged perpetrator's propensity to abuse.

The Royal Commission has published CCI documents relating to 22 alleged perpetrators.

The Society of St Gerard Majella was a Catholic religious institute founded in the 1960s. It was suppressed by the Vatican at the request of the Bishop of Parramatta in 1996, which had the effect of closing down the Society.

Please note that the documents in both exhibits (Exhibit 50-0012 and Exhibit 50-0013) contain redactions of names and identifying information that are subject to directions not to publish.

The documents can be found in the exhibits section on the Case Study 50 page of the Royal Commission website.