AUSTRALIA
National Catholic Reporter
Sharyn McCowen Catholic News Service | Sep. 22, 2014
SYDNEY
New Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher has pledged to regain the confidence of Australian Catholics and the broader community in the wake of the church’s sexual abuse scandal.
Pope Francis named the bishop of Parramatta and former auxiliary bishop of Sydney to succeed Cardinal George Pell, now prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy.
“There can be no more excuses, no more cover-ups and the victims have to be put first,” Fisher said.
The Catholic church in Australia is going through a period of scrutiny, he said.
“I hope it will emerge from this purified, humbler, more compassionate and spiritually regenerated,” he said.
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