AUSTRALIA
The Chronicle
Tara Miko | 12th Dec 2015
THE Catholic Diocese of Toowoomba will await the findings of the Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse before deciding whether it will refund tuition fees to abuse victims.
It comes as the Anglican Diocese of Southern Queensland this week confirmed it would refund tuition and boarding fees to confirmed victims of abuse and had begun advertising to locate them.
The 13 child victims, aged eight to 10 years at the time, of jailed former school teacher Gerard Byrnes would be eligible to have the fees refunded if the diocese were to adopt a similar policy.
The abuse was reported in September, 2007.
But a diocese spokesman said the inquiry commissioner found the church’s response to abuse had been adequate and would await the commission’s final outcomes before considering any further policies.
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