AUSTRALIA
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The Marist Brothers have apologised for “inaction and poor processes” in response to child sex abuse allegations, and say they are now reviewing past settlements to victims.
The Catholic order has been under scrutiny in recent months as the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse examined its handling of complaints against two pedophile brothers who abused children in NSW, Queensland and the ACT.
The order’s provincial head in Australia, Jeffrey Crowe, paid tribute on Thursday to those who had spoken out after suffering at the hands of John Chute and Gregory Sutton.
“It has been a difficult and challenging time for all involved, particularly the victims who have given evidence,” he said.
“This process has enabled us to honestly confront the crimes that have been committed, and our own failures as an institution in the past.
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