AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
Over the coming months it will, rightly, be subjected to extreme scrutiny as a royal commission into the institutionalised abuse of children examines why so many people have had their lives ruined by organisations that were trusted to protect and nurture them as youngsters.
The church will face searing questions about its past practices, including why, in some cases, it moved priests accused of abuse to other dioceses, meaning more children were victimised.
And why it did not properly co-operate with many police investigations into paedophile priests.
The church will need to be open and transparent about disgraceful failings of the past, which have devastated too many lives and shocked Australia.
The church also needs to be accountable for its future and consider whatever steps are necessary, no matter how radical, to ensure future generations are protected.
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