AUSTRALIA
Gladstone Observer
Nicky Moffat and Scott Sawyer 21st Mar 2014
The diocese has used school newsletters to reassure Gladstone parents their children were safe from sexual predators.
The move was in response to the damning findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, which unearthed decades-old horrific evidence of sexual abuse within the church’s ranks.
The Observer has seen the letter published in the newsletters of St Francis Catholic Primary School, Tannum Sands, and Chanel College, in Gladstone.
“As the director of Catholic education in the diocese of Rockhampton, I want to assure you that my highest priority is the safety of the children in our schools,” Rockhampton Diocesan director of Catholic education Leesa Jeffcoat wrote to parents.
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