AUSTRALIA
SBS
AAP
Marist and Christian brothers allow known child sex abusers to remain in their order, a royal commission has heard.
Marist Brothers in Australia provincial Peter Carroll says, following a “vigorous and rigorous debate”, the order decided offending brothers would be allowed to stay with ministry restrictions.
The restricted brothers cannot have access to children, must live separate from a school and adhere to supervision.
“Are they allowed to call themselves brother if they wish to?” Counsel assisting Stephen Free asked Brother Carroll at the Royal Commission into Institutional a responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney on Wednesday.
“We haven’t formally taken that from them,” he replied.
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