Progress of dioceses acknowledged but ‘not enough’

ABUSE survivors’ groups have hailed the progress made by Catholic dioceses in opening up to allow audits investigate their child protection practices.

Progress of dioceses acknowledged but ‘not enough’

They said the findings of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church report revealed bishops had made efforts to modernise and improve their handling of abuse cases.

However, they said shortcomings remained and these needed to be addressed by statutory bodies outside the influence of the Church.

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