AUSTRALIA
Sky News
Archbishop Glenn Davies told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse not all of the nation’s 23 dioceses had implemented policies suggested by the church.
‘I take it there are some (dioceses) that don’t have robust systems?’ counsel assisting Gail Furness SC asked him in Sydney on Wednesday.
‘That would be true,’ Archbishop Davies replied.
The royal commission has previously heard a persistent culture of diocesan independence has hampered the nationwide implementation of a consistent Anglican misconduct regime.
Australia’s most senior Anglican cleric, Melbourne Archbishop Philip Freier, said he would be interested to know more about Archbishop Davies’ concerns, adding that he thought all dioceses were committed to child protection.
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