AUSTRALIA
ABC News

The Catholic and Anglican churches in Tasmania have promised to cooperate fully with a Royal Commission into the handling of child sexual abuse claims.

The Prime Minister says the national inquiry will focus on abuse in church groups, schools and state care providers.

The Archbishop of Hobart, the Most Reverend Adrian Doyle, says it has been a problem in the Catholic Church and he hopes the inquiry will provide some resolution for victims.

The Anglican Archbishop of Tasmania, the Right Reverend John Harrower, says his church has already examined the issue but he welcomes more scrutiny.