AUSTRALIA
Adelaide Now
THE Australian Greens have joined a growing chorus demanding a royal commission be set up to investigate claims of child abuse in the Catholic Church.
Greens leader Christine Milne on Sunday said she would be urging the federal government to establish a national commission when the Senate resumes in just over a week.
A national response was needed to a national problem, as certain evidence or records about alleged crimes may be beyond the scope of a state inquiry, Senator Milne said.
Only the coercive powers of a royal commission would expose the “systematic failings” that have allowed the church to hide abuse for decades.
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