AUSTRALIA
ABC – PM
[with audio]
MARK COLVIN: There’s to be an independent inquiry into the Catholic Church’s handling of allegations of sexual abuse by the priest known as “Father F.”
The church itself has launched the inquiry which will be led by the former Federal Court judge Antony Whitlam QC.
Samantha Donovan reports.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: The ABC’s Four Corners program recently broadcast allegations that a priest known as “Father F” abused several altar boys in New South Wales in the 1980s.
The program alleged that Father F admitted he’d molested the boys to three priests at a 1992 meeting in Sydney.
But the matter was never reported the matter to police.
Today the Bishop of Armidale Michael Kennedy and the Bishop of Parramatta, Anthony Fisher, announced an independent inquiry into what they call “the processes related to the management” of Father F.
The inquiry will be led by the former Federal Court judge Antony Whitlam QC.
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