SCOTLAND
Scottish Catholic Observer
After the McLellan report’s release this morning, the President of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland extends apology from the hierarchy for Church’s handing of abuse Church safeguarding staff commit to implementing commission’s recommendations
The McLellan report into how the Scottish Church handles allegation of sexual abuse has said the Church must ‘put survivors first’ from now on and apologise publicly for past wrongdoing..
Dr Andrew McLellan (above), the former Church of Scotland Moderator who the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland asked to chair the independent review, said at the landmark report’s release this morning his commission had found there was ‘no doubt’ that ‘abuse of the most serious kind has taken place within the Church in Scotland.’ He also said that dealing with this was the ‘greatest challenge facing the whole Catholic Church in Scotland.’
He then outlined eight key recommendations the Church can follow to ensure it is ‘a safe place for all.’ The Church has indicated it will embrace the findings of the report.
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