AUSTRALIA
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THE Catholic Church has reaffirmed an apology to students and families affected by abuse at a school in Adelaide following a damning report from the sex abuse royal commission.
IT has also pledged to circulate the findings to every Catholic school principal in SA to ensure they are complying with policies and practices to prevent such abuse happening again.
Vicar General Philip Marshall said the report made it clear systemic failures at St Ann’s Special School allowed bus driver Brian Perkins to abuse intellectually disabled children between 1986 and 1991.
Father Marshall repeated the “full and complete” apology first offered in 2002 for the “suffering and anguish” inflicted on the children and their families.
In its report on Thursday the abuse inquiry detailed a litany of failures by police, the school and the church in their handling of the St Ann’s case.
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