AUSTRALIA
The Morning Bulletin
Kerri-Anne Mesner |
15th Nov 2012
THE royal commission into child sex abuse, announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday, should look at two points – the abuse and how much has been done to support victims.
This is what Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Rockhampton Brian Heenan said yesterday.
“There is so much pain and confusion around the practice of sexual abuse across all society in Australia,” he said.
“It (the commission) should bring clarity to this confused situation.”
Bishop Heenan, who supports the commission and has experience supporting child abuse victims of a former Rockhampton Catholic priest (here in the 1960s), said the Catholic Church felt terribly ashamed about what had happened.
“There’s no point in denying it,” he said.
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