Horrific scale of abuse makes headlines in world press

THE horrific scale of the abuse carried out against children made headlines around the world.

Major media organisations carried news of the findings of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and, in some countries, there were calls for similar investigations into alleged abuses there.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported how the report into “endemic” child abuse in church institutions in Ireland has sparked fresh calls for a royal commission into historical child abuse in Australia.