AUSTRALIA
Sky News
The Victorian government has been criticised for giving the task of an inquiry into child sex abuse in the church to politicians.
But the mother of one abuse victim says she is happy the government is finally dealing with the issue.
The inquiry, announced by Premier Ted Baillieu on Tuesday, will be conducted by state parliament’s existing Family and Community Development Committee.
‘We regard child abuse as abhorrent and we will endeavour to do whatever we can to prevent it from happening and indeed bring those who are perpetrators of child abuse to justice,’ Mr Baillieu told reporters.
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