AUSTRALIA
Catholic Leader
February 8, 2017
AS well as fronting the Royal Commission this week, Brisbane Archbishop Mark Coleridge has spent time speaking extensively to journalists about child abuse and the Church.
Speaking to the ABC’s Radio National Breakfast, Archbishop Coleridge told presenter Fran Kelly, the Church was doing all it could to change the culture of the past to protect the children of today.
“The data is absolutely horrific,” Archbishop Coleridge said, following the release of Royal Commission figures revealing the extent of priest abuse.
“Sitting in the hearing room … listening to the litany of horror had an extraordinary impact. And it did on all of us.
“I for one never imagined the scale of the problem in years past. The data is there for all to see now.
“There is almost certainly more out there that has not come to light.
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