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The Catholic Church will review its national sexual abuse complaints policy at next week’s meeting of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, reports The Australian.
ACBC president Archbisghop Denis Hart (pictured) confirmed both Towards Healing and the church’s other complaints process, the Melbourne Response, would be on the agenda at next week’s Sydney meeting of the church’s peak body.
“I am sure the bishops will discuss the two present responses in the light of their inherent value, as well as any criticism, to assess the best way forward for all,” Archbishop Hart said.
A spokesperson for Cardinal Pell’s archdiocese of Sydney said the sexual abuse complaints policy had been reviewed since it was introduced in 1997. “We would expect procedures to be revised again as the commission progresses and of course when final recommendations are made,” the spokesperson said.
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