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New group will monitor Church’s response to child sexual abuse

A new group will monitor the Church’s response to child sexual abuse in Australia.

The Australian Catholic bishops and religious congregations established the new advisory group.

Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne says the new Implementation Advisory Group will monitor and progress the response to the findings of the Royal Commission on Child Sex Abuse.

It will also monitor the Church’s response to recommendations of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council.

Last week, Hart and Sr Ruth Durick, the president of Catholic Religious Australia, said three key groups will now be working together.

The advisory group is composed of Catholic Professional Standards Ltd (which is an independent not-for-profit company), a National Redress Reference Group and the Implementation Advisory Group.

Jack de Groot, CEO of the St Vincent de Paul Society in New South Wales, will chair the advisory group.

He says its role is “to provide leadership by influencing all Catholic organisations – whether lay, religious or episcopal – in ensuring that we move to build a healthy culture that lives from a theology that has learned the lessons of the child abuse tragedy.”

In addition to de Groot, the members of the Implementation Advisory Group are:

The members have already had a meeting at which they identified a work programme. This includes:

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