PAPUA NEW GUINEA/SOLOMON ISLAND
Radio Australia
Victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the clergy are being encouraged to come forward under a new policy released by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
The policy, which the Catholic Church has been working on since the 1990s, outlines clear steps for investigating wrongdoing within the church and encourages members of the congregation to report sexual abuse.
The Director of Right Relationships in Ministry, Brother Frank Hough, helped formulate the new policy.
He told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat program, under the new framework, people wanting to report sexual misconduct could seek advice from a contact person.
“We have what is called a contact person who is the first port of call, so to speak, for a person to make a complaint,” he said.
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