AUSTRALIA
The Australian
JOHN FERGUSON
From:The Australian
April 17, 2012
THE head of the Catholic Church in Victoria has cleared the way to cooperate fully with any inquiry into child sex abuse.
Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart today vowed to cooperate fully with any independent child sex abuse inquiry, which is seen as increasingly likely to be set up.
There was speculation today that the Baillieu government would soon back an inquiry, which could be wider than just offences committed in the Catholic Church.
This followed reports of dozens of suicides linked with old sex abuse cases involving a small number of Catholic priests, although it is acknowledged that other religions have been infected by child sex offenders.
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