Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was always certain to stir controversy, particularly with regard to the Catholic Church, and it did just that when it delivered its final report on 15 December 2017.
The Royal Commission came about because of, as the report explains, “the sexual and other abuse of children in institutional settings, and the reluctance of those institutions involved to address this problem.” Its five years of hearings had already revealed widespread criminality, cover-ups and systemic failures across a wide range of both religious and other organisations.
https://globalvoices.org/2018/01/02/i-now-feel-free-and-can-live-my-life-australian-commission-gives-voice-to-child-sexual-abuse-survivors/
https://globalvoices.org/2018/01/02/i-now-feel-free-and-can-live-my-life-australian-commission-gives-voice-to-child-sexual-abuse-survivors/
