AUSTRALIA
9 News
The organisations in charge of compensating Victorian Catholics abused by clergy have denied trying to buy the silence of victims and say they have nothing to hide.
Between them the Melbourne Response and Towards Healing have dealt with more than 700 sexual abuse complaints and say they have the interests of victims at heart.
The organisations admitted at a Victorian parliamentary inquiry on Friday there have been mistakes, but said their job was to make recompense by compensating victims.
Melbourne Response compensation panel chairman David Curtain QC said he was for victims, not against them.
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