Hart pledges to stamp out clergy abuse

AUSTRALIA
Courier Mail

AAP

MELBOURNE Archbishop Denis Hart has pledged to ensure no new cases of child sex abuse emerge from the Catholic Church.

He says this commitment is shared by all bishops and religious leaders.

“I take responsibility for ensuring there is no re-emergence of child sexual abuse in the church,” Archbishop Hart said on Friday.

“I speak on behalf of my fellow bishops and religious institute leaders when I say that we all share this commitment.”

Speaking at a gathering of religious leaders in Melbourne, Archbishop Hart reiterated his apology to victims of clergy abuse and his faith in the church’s processes for dealing with abuse in the archdiocese, the Melbourne Response.

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