AUSTRALIA
The Queensland Times
Peter Foley
21st Nov 2012
A LEADER of Ipswich’s Catholic community has welcomed the announcement of a national royal commission into child abuse.
St Mary’s Ipswich parish priest Father Peter Casey said the care and safety of children was all-important.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard last week announced the creation of the royal commission into institutional child sexual abuse.
Father Casey said Brisbane’s Archbishop Mark Coleridge and the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference had offered to co-operate with the commission.
“The royal commission into child abuse in various institutions, both Church and state, including the Catholic Church, may produce an outcome that will ensure the safety of all children from any form of abuse,” Fr Casey said.
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