AUSTRALIA
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The government should run a mandatory compensation scheme for victims of institutional child sex abuse, the Catholic Church says.

But Archbishop Philip Freier, the newly installed Anglican Primate of Australia, said talks were still going on about the best model for a compensation scheme.

He said there were “active discussions” on Tuesday about the issue in the wake of the Victorian parliamentary committee inquiry into child sex abuse.

“I think there were a couple of models that the Victorian policymakers are putting forward so settling on one might be a bit premature for me yet,” Archbishop Freier told reporters on Wednesday.