AUSTRALIA
CNN
By Monica Attard for CNN
updated 12:21 AM EST, Tue November 13, 2012
Sydney, Australia (CNN) — In Ireland it took years to weed out the details of systemic sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy.
In Australia, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has put no time limit on what will be the most wide-ranging inquiry into child sex abuse in the nation’s history — one that will not be confined to the Catholic Church.
As she announced the establishment of a Royal Commission into institutional responses to instances and allegations of child sex abuse, Gillard said the inquiry would not target any one church but would encompass all religious institutions, state institutions, schools and not-for-profit groups like scouts and sports clubs.
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