Leading Catholic Figure Francis Sullivan Calling for Changes after Sex Abuse Crisis

By Mark Bowling
Catholic Leader
March 5, 2020

https://catholicleader.com.au/news/leading-catholic-figure-francis-sullivan-calling-for-changes-after-sex-abuse-crisis

LEADING Catholic figure Francis Sullivan has criticised Church authorities for a “glaring lack of moral leadership” over the child sex abuse crisis and has called for the Church to change its “terms of engagement” if it is to remain relevant and engaged in Australia.

“Unless we break the shackles of entitlement and cronyism, become inclusive and more representative in our decision-making we risk losing any claim to renewal and reform,” Mr Sullivan, former chief executive officer of the Catholic Church’s Truth, Justice and Healing Council, told the biennial Catholic Social Services national conference in Melbourne on February 27.

“In a society that regards religion as just another lifestyle choice at best, we need to resist trying to pump air into old tyres that have run their course."