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The Catholic church in Australia is about to be put under the spotlight of the most sweeping inquiry into child sexual abuse ever conducted in this country.

Describing child abuse as “vile and evil,” Prime Minister Julia Gillard said a national royal commission will examine the treatment of children in all churches, charities and private bodies. But it is clear that a major factor in her decision has been the mounting public outcry at ongoing scandals involving Catholic personnel and procedures.

These scandals include:
• Recent suicides of victims of sexual abuse by priests;
• Allegations of children dying in the care of Catholic institutions;
• Ongoing arrests and convictions of priests in relation to matters involving child sexual abuse;
• New allegations that some church authorities failed to report abusive priests;
• Claims by police in two state jurisdictions -- three states are currently conducting their own inquiries into child abuse in institutional care -- that existing church protocols fail to address the long-term interests of victims and that the Catholic church, in the words of one detective, “covers up, silences victims, hinders police investigations, alerts offenders, destroys evidence and moves priests to protect the good name of the church.”

“Beyond the evidence of abuse,” Gillard told a press conference, “there is also cause for concern that other adults who could have done something to make a difference to the lives of these children didn’t do what they should have done, either by becoming complicit in people being moved around, for example, or by averting their eyes and by acts of omission.”

D1B wrote:*Still have your kids in a catholic school?

89Hen wrote:

D1B wrote:*Still have your kids in a catholic school?

Not anymore. Thanks to your diligent reporting I just pulled both my kids and will be home schooling them.

D1B wrote:

89Hen wrote: Not anymore. Thanks to your diligent reporting I just pulled both my kids and will be home schooling them.

Cracking wise about forcing your kids into a cult and placing them in the hands of people who rape kids or cover up sex crimes against children. Yep, you really are Father of the Decade.

89Hen wrote:

D1B wrote:
Cracking wise about forcing your kids into a cult and placing them in the hands of people who rape kids or cover up sex crimes against children. Yep, you really are Father of the Decade.

Thanks. I really value your opinion on raising kids.

89Hen wrote:

D :ugeek: B wrote:
Cracking wise about forcing your kids into a cult and placing them in the hands of people who rape kids or cover up sex crimes against children. Yep, you really are Father of the Decade.

Thanks. I really value your opinion on raising kids.

JoltinJoe wrote:

89Hen wrote: Thanks. I really value your opinion on raising kids.

That D B does not have kids is perhaps the best proof there is a God.