Catholic response to abuse under spotlight

THE internal process used by the Catholic Church to compensate victims of child sexual abuse is under the microscope at a national inquiry this week.

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse starts public hearings into the Church's Towards Healing process in Sydney on Monday.

It will be the fourth case study by the commission and the first of a number of public hearings which will examine the application of Towards Healing.

Towards Healing was established by the Catholic Church in 1996 and was seen as a watershed moment in the Church's approach to dealing with child sexual abuse within the institution.

It has been reviewed and reformed twice since then.

Abuse victims can approach the Church with allegations and then go through a mediation and compensation process if deemed appropriate.

Royal Commission CEO Janette Dines said this hearing would focus on the experiences of four people who took part in the process.

"These people are Queensland residents whose claim of child sexual abuse was dealt with through the Towards Healing process," Ms Dines said in a statement.

"The accused at the time of the abuse were priests and brothers of the Archdiocese of Brisbane, Diocese of Lismore and the Marist Brothers.

"As the commission continues, we will hold more public hearings into peoples' experience with Towards Healing and its application in different parts of Australia."

The commission called for submissions to an issues paper on the Church process and have published 20 on its website.

Some are highly critical of Towards Healing, saying it re-traumatises victims.

The submissions may be viewed at:

http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/view-submissions-to-issues-paper-2-towards-healing/

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