After a string of sexual abuse accusations against priests and claims of a Catholic Church cover-up, Australia’s primer minister ordered on Nov. 5 a federal inquiry into allegations of child sex abuse in state and religious institutions and community groups, according to Associated Press. The extent of scandal for the Church appears staggering. Following are just some of the articles covering the crisis that have appeared since the announcement earlier this month (stories generally are listed chronologically beginning with the most recent)  —

• Abolish Statutory time Limits in Child Cases: Archbishop
• Protecting the Abused from Further Trauma During the Royal Commission
• A Church in Need of Reform
• An Unholy Mess: Addressing Sexual About in the Catholic Church
• Church’s Clinic Shielded Pedophiles
• Victim’s Parents Shown Lack of Empathy, They Tell Inquiry
• Church Calls for Legislative Change to Mandatory and Police Reporting
• Legal Shield on Abuse ‘Must Be Axed’
• Church to Review Sexual Abuse Complaints Policy
• Victims to Be Able to Sue Church
• Advice to Bishops on Royal Commission from Bishop Geoffrey Robinson
• Catholic Church’s Secret Files
• Church Funding Pedophiles’ Legal Defense
• I Won’t Take Confession at All in Case a Pedophile Walks in, Says Father Chris Riley
• Politicians Say Confession Should Not Protect Abuse
• Bishop Hints at Possibility of Pedophile Ring
• Australia Orders Federal Child Sex Abuse Inquiry
• Vic Priest Speaks Out against Pell
• Australia’s Catholic Church Acknowledges “Shame” of Child Abuse
• Brothers ‘Pack Raped’ Boys
• Catholic Church Can’t Be Trusted to Conduct Internal Investigations: Parliamentary Inquiry
• Top Cop Attacks Catholic Church
• Clergy Abuse Inquiry Shockingly Shallow
• Pedophile Worked at Catholic School for Five Years
• Abuse Inquiry Effectiveness Queried
• Priest Pleads for State Action

Although allegations have been made in the past, Australia now feels the full impact of the Church’s worldwide clergy sexual abuse scandal.