SCOTLAND
Scottish Catholic Observer
[Implementation Plan of the Recommendations of The McLellan Commission]
The Scottish Church has strongly rejected claims they are being slow to implementing the McLellan Commission’s report into safeguarding children from abuse.
Rev Andrew McLellan (above left) – a former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland – chaired a two-year long commission into safeguarding procedures in the Catholic Church which concluded 15 months ago. The report made 49 key recommendations, designed to prevent abuse from happening in future.
Rev McLellan and six other members of the commission have now written to the Church claiming that action is not being taken, survivors are not being supported and independent scrutiny is not being introduced.
In response, the assistant general secretary of the Scottish Bishops’ Conference, Fr Thomas Boyle, insisted the Church’s commitment to carrying out the report’s recommendations ‘has not diminished in any way’ and ‘every recommendation will be implemented.’
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