NEWCASTLE (NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA)
The Herald
July 12, 2018
By Joanne McCarthy
Australian orders of nuns and brothers have broken from Catholic bishops and called for public release of church-commissioned reports responding to the child abuse royal commission.
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference will hold an extraordinary meeting in early August to discuss its next move after Catholic Religious Australia, representing 150 orders and a partner with the ACBC in commissioning the Truth Justice and Healing Council reports, said members were “in favour of releasing” them.
The CRA was talking with the ACBC “in relation to how to do this”, a spokesperson said, after the orders met in late June for their first chance to discuss the 1000-page, four volume TJHC reports which were presented to bishops in March.
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