AUSTRALIA
Pro Bono News
Posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Victorian Coalition Government has announced a Parliamentary inquiry into the handling of alleged sexual and criminal abuse of children by religious and other organisations.
The inquiry will investigate the practices, policies and protocols of religious and non-government organisations for the handling of allegations of criminal abuse of children by staff within their organisations.
The Premier Ted Baillieu and Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark made the announcement this afternoon.
The inquiry comes after police revealed as many as 40 suicides across Victoria could be linked to abuse by members of the Catholic Church.
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