AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By state political reporter Peta Carlyon
Victoria’s parliamentary inquiry into child abuse has heard confronting evidence about child sex offenders.
Emeritus Professor Freda Briggs from the University of South Australia said she had come across sex offenders aged as young as four.
She told the hearing that schools are failing to deal with the issue….
Professor Briggs also criticised the Catholic Church’s ongoing handling of offenders within its ranks.
“They still regard child sexual abuse akin to a traffic offence,” Professor Briggs said.
Earlier, an expert on child abuse victims says ongoing public ignorance is allowing offenders within the Catholic clergy to continue grooming children.
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