AUSTRALIA
The Telegraph (United Kingdom)
The Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria has revealed its clergy were responsible for more than 600 “shameful and shocking” cases of child sexual abuse dating back to the 1930s.
By Jonathan Pearlman, Sydney
9:19AM BST 22 Sep 2012
The Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, said the figures were “horrific” – though campaigners said the number of victims could be as high as 10,000.
The church has revealed to a parliamentary inquiry that its complaints department has upheld 618 complaints of abuse in the past sixteen years. The inquiry was announced after it emerged that 40 victims in the state had committed suicide.
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