AUSTRALIA
Courier Mail
BY GENEVIEVE GANNON AAP NOVEMBER 14, 2013
ALL Australian states are being urged to change laws preventing the Catholic Church from being sued and to consider a compensation fund for victims of child sex abuse.
A peak legal group says every government should implement a Victorian inquiry’s recommended reforms to make the Catholic Church immediately liable for child sex abuse.
The church itself is leading a call for the establishment of a national compensation scheme, which it will partially fund.
The parliamentary report, tabled on Wednesday, made a number of recommendations, including a call to remove the barriers that prevent victims from suing the Catholic Church.
Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) spokesman Andrew Morrison said there had been enough delays.
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