AUSTRALIA
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
December 13, 2017
By Elise Scott
Child sexual abuse survivor Damian De Marco is calling for the Catholic Church to be banned from operating Australian schools unless it agrees to report abuse revealed during confession.
The call comes as the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse prepares to hand down its final report tomorrow.
Mr De Marco said government support should be pulled from Catholic schools unless the church promises to protect children over its own reputation.
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