AUSTRALIA
The Standard
By PETER COLLINS and CLARE QUIRK Nov. 14, 2013
A HISTORIC Victorian parliamentary report on a child sex abuse inquiry has been welcomed across the south-west, where dozens of victims still live with their trauma.
The Betrayal of Trust report released yesterday makes 15 key recommendations to prevent a reoccurrence of the widespread abuses over several decades within the Catholic Church and other religious and secular organisations.
Warrnambool detective Colin Ryan, who was involved in investigating three Catholic clergy, described the report as a “very positive step”.
“I would think it would give a lot of victims a lot of comfort,” he told The Standard.
“The damage that is done by these sexual predators cannot be overstated.”
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