RCAU # 28 en # 35: Submissions for public hearings into Ballarat and Melbourne Catholic Church authorities published

31 October 2016

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has published the written submissions for the public hearing into Catholic Church authorities in Ballarat on its website.

The public hearing inquired into the response of the Catholic Diocese of Ballarat and other Catholic Church authorities in Ballarat to allegations of child sexual abuse against clergy or religious. It also inquired into the response of the Congregation of Christian Brothers in St Patrick’s Province, Australia, to allegations of child sexual abuse against Christian Brothers.

The submissions can be found on the Case Study 28 page on the Royal Commission’s website.

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has also published the written submissions for the public hearing into the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne on its website.

The submissions can be found on the Case Study 35 page on the Royal Commission’s website.