AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
Esther Han
April 19, 2012
THE NSW Greens and advocacy groups for victims of sexual abuse are demanding a state parliamentary inquiry into sex assaults in religious organisations, comparable to the one announced by the Victorian government this week.
THE NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge implored the O’Farrell government to recognise that sexual abuse was rampant outside Victoria and needed the same scrutiny.
“It’s the only way to address an appalling history of sexual abuse,” he said. “Openness and honesty is the only way both the church and survivors can recover.”
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