AUSTRALIA
SBS
The head of a Catholic Church council established to work with the royal commission on child abuse says it will be transparent and open.
The head of a Catholic Church council set up to work with the royal commission into child abuse says the church wants to work transparently with authorities so “the truth can come out”.
But Francis Sullivan, the chief executive of the new Truth, Justice and Healing Council, says the seal of confession remains “intimate” for the church and its followers, and should be maintained.
The new council, announced in December, will be headed by former NSW Supreme Court chief judge Barry O’Keefe and Mr Sullivan, the former secretary-general of the Australian Medical Association.
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