AUSTRALIA
The Australian
Jill Rowbotham and Milanda Rout
From:The Australian
November 21, 2012
THE Catholic Church will review its national sexual abuse complaints policy, with the Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, believing it ultimately will be revised during the course of the royal commission.
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Denis Hart confirmed both Towards Healing and the church’s other complaints process, the Melbourne Response, would be on the agenda at next week’s Sydney meeting of the church’s peak body.
“I am sure the bishops will discuss the two present responses in the light of their inherent value, as well as any criticism, to assess the best way forward for all,” Archbishop Hart said.
A spokesperson for Cardinal Pell’s archdiocese of Sydney said the sexual abuse complaints policy had been reviewed since it was introduced in 1997.
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