AUSTRALIA
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A wide-ranging royal commission into Australian institutional responses to child sex abuse may help heal shattered lives, the Australian Greens say.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will ask Governor-General Quentin Bryce to set up the inquiry into institutional responses to instances and allegations of child abuse in Australia, with a focus on sex abuse.
Australian Greens leader Christine Milne said it would be welcome, if difficult, news for thousands of Australians.
“I hope this can bring some peace and justice to shattered lives, lift the shadow off all those good people in the church striving to do good for others, and make sure nothing like this ever happens again,” she said in a statement on Monday.
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