AUSTRALIA
AAP (Australian Associated Press) via Yarrawonga Chronicle
August 3, 2018
Australia’s Catholic bishops will reveal their response to the child abuse royal commission later this month after reaching a “common position” on the inquiry’s calls for reforms.
The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference on Friday committed to releasing its formal response to the five-year inquiry by the end of August.
While it will be up to the Pope and his advisers to accept many of the royal commission’s far-reaching recommendations, the Australian bishops have already rejected its controversial call to break the seal of confession to reveal child sexual abuse.
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