AUSTRALIA
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
August 4, 2018
[AUDIO: Features interview with Brisbane archbishop Mark Coleridge, president of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference]
By Sarah Sedghi
The Catholic Church will release its highly anticipated response to the child abuse Royal Commission by the end of the month.
The response has been months in the making and was discussed at a special meeting in Melbourne this week.
Church leaders say it’s a significant step in the reform process.
But they have ruled out accepting one of the Royal Commission’s recommendations: for priests to break the seal of the confessional to report allegations of sexual abuse against children.
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