AUSTRALIA
Tamut and Adelong Times
By Frances Vinall – March 8, 2017
Current Catholic priest for the Tumut parish, Father Sijo Jose, has spoken about the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The Royal Commission has been investigating child abuse allegations against the Catholic Church, and other institutions, for over three years.
They revealed that 4,444 victims have made complaints to the church involving 1,880 alleged perpetrators within the Catholic hierachy over the past 35 years.
The true number of victims is estimated to be significantly higher, as that number only includes those who reported their abuse to the Dioceses.
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