SCOTLAND
Daily Record
BY LUCINDA CAMERON
THE report into allegations of abuse made a number of recommendations but Very Rev Andrew McLellan says bishops are ignoring them.
THE Catholic Church in Scotland has denied suggestions that it is not implementing recommendations made in a report into allegations of abuse.
A commission led by the Very Rev Andrew McLellan made a raft of recommendations in August last year, including that justice must be done for those who have been abused, and the church’s safeguarding policies and practices are rewritten and subject to external scrutiny.
But in a letter sent to the Bishops’ Conference, Dr McLellan said the bishops are “appearing to ignore” the recommendations of the report.
He said he believes the recommendation to put survivors first and introduce an independent element into safeguarding within the church has not happened.
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