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.
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Royal Commission Upates: Public Hearings and new Issues Paper
The Royal Commission has commenced private hearings and has issued several updates on its websites. A public hearing will be conducted in the Hunter Valley in September.
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Forgotten Australians find their voices
How hard will it be for people who grew up in orphanages and homes to make a submission to the Royal Commission?
Vatican must report to UN on child abuse
The Vatican has been called to give detailed information on its record on child sexual abuse to a United Nations panel.
Non-Christian Religions respond
A number of non-Christian religious organisations have provided responses to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry.
Royal Commission calls for public responses
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has requested community participation in its issues papers.
Royal Commission releases Issues Paper
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse today commenced an important new phase of its work with the release of an Issues Paper on the Working with Children Check.
Pope Francis directs decisive action
Pope Francis has told the Vatican’s chief doctrinal enforcer he should respond “decisively” to the issue of sexual abuse of minor by clergy, the Vatican said Friday.
Dublin and Cloyne: Judge Yvonne Murphy speaks
Judge Yvonne Murphy who headed the judicial Commission of Investigation into clerical sexual abuse in the Archdiocese of Dublin and the diocese of Cloyne gave the Annual Justice Michael Kirby lecture.
Interfaith and Royal Commission Terms of Reference
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the terms of reference for the Royal Commission into institutional child abuse, with plans for a legislative change to allow for more evidence to be submitted.