AUSTRALIA
The Courier
BY DELLARAM VREELAND
04 Jun, 2012
CATHOLIC clergy in Australia should be held accountable for any abuse they may have perpetrated towards young people, according to outspoken priest Father Bob Maguire.
Speaking in support of a parliamentary inquiry into clergy and other sexual abuse during a visit to Ballarat yesterday, Fr Bob said the Catholic Church should be ashamed of the scandal which has rocked the organisation.
He said it was imperative that every institution should “be open, transparent and questioned” for acts they may or may not have committed.
“It’s the kind of thing that should be expected by any institution, civil or religious … especially when you can see so much turmoil in a natural resource, and that is the hearts and minds of our children which surely was a reaction of their abuse as children whether sexual or emotional,” Fr Bob said.
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