AUSTRALIA
The Age
Barney Zwartz
April 19, 2012
SUICIDE among survivors of clergy abuse could rise sharply if the parliamentary inquiry announced on Tuesday is inadequate, victims spokeswoman Nicky Davis warned yesterday.
Many victims who rejoiced at Premier Ted Baillieu’s announcement that a parliamentary committee would examine the Catholic Church’s handling of abuse allegations have since resolved to keep fighting for a judicial inquiry.
Justice Bernard Teague, who chaired the last royal commission in Victoria, said a parliamentary inquiry could be fine if party politics were kept out, but Liberal MP David Southwick demanded that Labor member Frank McGuire step down from the committee.
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