AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Simon Lauder, staff
The Catholic Church has announced a national body to coordinate its response to the national royal commission into sexual abuse.
The Truth, Justice and Healing Council will be chaired by former Supreme Court judge Barry O’Keefe QC.
The group, which is yet to be fully announced, will provide support and expertise to the commission and identify institutional failures and find ways to stop child abuse happening in the future.
Mr O’Keefe says he recognises the job ahead will be difficult.
“But as a barrister of many, many years and a judge of many years and a commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, I learnt to face that which was unpalatable,” he said.
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