UNPRECEDENTED FURY AT BALLARAT HEARINGS

AUSTRALIA
The Tablet (UK)

29 December 2015 | by Mark Brolly

Every case heard by Australia’s Royal Commission into child sexual abuse is uncovering ineptitude, maladministration, cover-ups and corrupt practices, according to the Church’s Truth, Justice and Healing Council head. Francis Sullivan described unprecedented and “almost palpable anger” at the recent hearing into abuse at Catholic parishes and institutions in the Victorian Goldfields city of Ballarat.

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