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.
Voice of the Faithful ® 
#1 by robert hughes on November 28, 2012 - 6:47 PM
U.S should be doing what australian government is doing.
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#2 by Thomas Reilly on November 28, 2012 - 2:11 PM
Thanks for sharing.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 1:44 PM, “Voice of the Faithful ” wrote:
> ** > Voice of the Faithful posted: “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 gro”
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#3 by Thomas Reilly on November 28, 2012 - 2:10 PM
I wonder when the hierarchy will get the message that they would benefit greatly if more lay people were involved in the process of clergy selection, especially in the choice of bishops for dioceses. I’m not convinced that the bishops are doing all that is necessary to open their diocesan records of priests’ problem behavior. I pray for all of our church leaders for wisdom and courage to act properly.
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#4 by Patricia on November 28, 2012 - 2:06 PM
Sadly, the sexual abuse of children by clergy / church personnel, the ensuing cover up by church officials, and victimization of the families of those abused closely parallel what happened in the US. So much unnecessary pain and such dishonesty inflicted by church offiials at the expense of the most vulnerable in our midst. Let these events remind us to be vigilent for any signs of grooming behavior by predators of children and embolden us to speak up when any suspicious behavior is noticed. We can create and maintain safe environments in our church for out children. It is up to us to insist and monitor.
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