AUSTRALIA
The Australian
AAP
November 12, 2012
KEY independent MP Tony Windsor will tell Prime Minister Julia Gillard the government needs to do something about allegations of child sex abuse inside the Catholic Church and attempts to cover them up.
The MP has also called on the nation’s most senior Catholic priest to show some leadership on claims of pedophilia within all religious organisations.
Mr Windsor says he will write to the prime minister on Monday, expressing his concerns about the “enormous number” of people affected by the allegations of abuse.
“They feel as though the system is letting them down,” he told ABC radio.
“My advice to the prime minister and others … is it is probably better to deal with this sooner rather than later.”
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