AUSTRALIA
Canberra Times
April 4, 2013
Thomas McIlroy
The administrator of Canberra’s Catholic archdiocese welcomed the opening hearings of the royal commission on child sexual abuse on Wednesday.
Speaking while on leave, Monsignor John Woods said he hoped the inquiry ”would be for the good of all Australians, especially our children”.
Monsignor Woods will serve as the administrator of the archdiocese until the appointment of a new archbishop. His predecessor, former archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn Mark Coleridge, was this week appointed to a newly created Catholic body dealing with the commission. The 13-member truth justice and healing council will oversee the engagement with the royal commission, assisted by lay staff.
Council chief executive Francis Sullivan said council members were selected for their expertise, including across sexual abuse, paedophilia, trauma, mental illness, suicide and public policy.
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