AUSTRALIA
Daily Examiner
Chris Calcino | 28th Oct 2014
THE Anglican Diocese of Grafton has accepted a Royal Commission’s damning conclusions about its failure to properly respond to decades of child sexual abuse at the North Coast Children’s Home.
A spokesman said the disgraces of the past would stay with the Church but that all efforts would be made to put things right.
“Whatever shortcomings and failures there may have been dealing with these issues in the past, our Diocese has made major changes in attitude, protocol and response,” he said.
“The Diocese is totally committed to facing its responsibilities and responding appropriately to any reports of abuse experienced by persons for whom we have a duty of care.
“The weight and the shame of past failures will remain with us for a long time and regrettably we cannot undo what has been done.”
The Royal Commission found the Diocese had disregarded its own policies in its handling of abuse claims and failed to take action against pedophile priests.
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