AUSTRALIA
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THE victims of child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church just want to be heard.
And an investigation by journalist Tara Brown on 60 Minutes tonight on Nine exposes the secrets of George Pell’s Melbourne Response and its potential to gag victims and fail them.
The Melbourne Response was a program set up by Cardinal Pell in late 1996 when he was Archbishop of Melbourne.
It investigates allegations of child sexual abuse inflicted by people within the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne.
Complaints are assessed by an independent commissioner and referred on to a compensation panel.
Victims can receive compensation up to $50,000.
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