AUSTRALIA
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
12 August, 2016
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has published 44 submissions received in response to Issues Paper 11.
Issues Paper 11 invited submissions about any factors which may have contributed to the occurrence of child sexual abuse in Catholic institutions or may have affected the institutional response of the Catholic Church to child sexual abuse.
Royal Commission CEO Philip Reed said the Royal Commission received submissions from survivors of child sexual abuse in Catholic institutions, advocacy groups, academics and other professionals, individual Catholics and one Catholic diocese.
“The submissions made in response to Issues Paper 11 considered issues such as the operation of canon law and the impact of clericalism in the Catholic Church in Australia.
“Further, a number of submissions focused on the structure and governance of the Catholic Church in Australia and the current approach of Catholic Church authorities to survivors of child sexual abuse.
“These submissions will be taken into account in the Royal Commission’s further work in relation to the Catholic Church in Australia,” Mr Reed said.
The Royal Commission will hold a final hearing regarding the institutional response of the Catholic Church to child sexual abuse in February 2017.
To access the submissions to the Royal Commission’s Issues Paper 11, please visit here.
Submissions for Issues Paper 11
1. Aldo Bayona
2. Australian Lawyers Alliance
3. Australian Psychological Society
4. AYB and Mary Adams
5. Bernadette Jee and Rosina Gordon
6. Bernadette Tobin AO and Terence Tobin QC
7. Bravehearts
8. Catholics for Renewal Inc
9. Chrissie and Anthony Foster
10. Concerned Queensland Catholics 1
11. Concerned Queensland Catholics 2
12. David Bullard
13. David Collits
14. Denise Sullivan
15. Diocese of Toowoomba Catholic Schools Office
16. Dr Christopher Geraghty
17. Dr Keith Thompson
18. Dr Michael Leahy
19. For The Innocents
20. Fr Peter Maher
21. Graham English
22. Independent Commissioners (Melbourne Response)
23. James Miller
24. Jessica Leach
25. Joan Isaacs
26. John Casey
27. Joseph Azzopardi
28. Kieran Tapsell
29. knowmore
30. Marilyn Hatton
31. Mary Clare Meney
32. Micah Projects
33. Name Withheld
34. Name Withheld
35. Name Withheld
36. Paul Tobias
37. Peter Holmes
38. Philip Riordan
39. Professor Michael Quinlan
40. Professor Patrick Parkinson
41. Professor Sandra Lynch
42. Steve Hyndes
43. The Melbourne Victims’ Collective and In Good Faith Foundation
44. Waller Legal
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