AUSTRALIA
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AAP
One case of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church is one case too many, says the apologetic head of the Marist Brothers whose members allegedly abused hundreds of children.
Brother Peter Carroll, the provincial of the Marist Brothers in Australia, says the child sex abuse scandal has undermined confidence in the Catholic Church and the order’s education mission.
“Children and their families have been grievously betrayed by the criminal actions of some of our own, and we too, as Marists, have also been greatly let down,” Brother Carroll said.
“We are justifiably upset and offended.”
More than 20 per cent of Marist Brothers, Christian Brothers and Salesians of Don Bosco and 40 per cent of St John of God Brothers have been the subject of child sex abuse claims to the Catholic Church in Australia.
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