AUSTRALIA
The Chronicle
OPINION: On the Catholic Church Insurance web page about how to make a claim is the advice, “Report theft (or attempted theft), malicious damage, and loss of personal valuables to the police.”
The Catholic Church also has procedures to report child sexual abuse allegations to police. My experience is that church officers comply with the insurance advice for material things.
But in Toowoomba we have seen the tragic results of failure to comply with the church’s procedures for child abuse. This highlights the cultural issues that Bishop Bill Morris and others raise.
It is one thing to identify cultural issues but people often wonder what to do about them. In my line of work we find experienced and intelligent people struggle to overcome culture.
So what is the culture we are talking about here? Culture is simply what people think is normal. People conform to what is normal. People don’t turn up to the workshop in their swimmers or to the beach in their boots and overalls.
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