Thanks BP.
Yes share your view we may yet again get no real out comes.
Still chuffed to see others felt the thread was not based on reality.
regards.

The Royal Commission came about more after media attention (eg. Four Corners and other programs)which highlighted historical systemic abuse with no accountability which allowed pedophiles and abusers to reoffend. If anything we should be asking why did it take so long.

It has nothing to do with Tony Abbott and it is unfair in this instance to cast a political conspiracy bent IMO. It is about time this issue was looked at once and for all particularly while some Churches continue to protect pedophiles.

It is particularly a blot on the Catholic Church but they are not the only ones but it is their responsibility to finally do the right thing. Can the RC Church muster the courage to turn their backs on past practices and work for the good of society not in self-interest.

Sexual abuse of children is horrendous and intolerable
and the failure of the churches to deal with it
effectively has done immeasurable damage to the victims.
he cover-ups, the protection of abusive clergy and the
refusal to admit egregious mistakes are totally
unjustifiable. We haven't even begun to calculate the
damage these crimes have done to people's trust, particularly
of the Catholic Church and to its reputation.

Law has simply moved the abusive priests from parish to parish,
thus giving them access to new victims.

The Royal Commission took a long time in coming - but its
the only way to deal with this heinous problem and the only
way to force the Catholic Church to realise that it is not
above the held and be held accountable.

As it is, it is time that people such as Cardinal Pell realised
that trust is going to have to be built from the bottom up
by cardinals, bishops and priests before their pronouncements
on morality will be taken seriously again. So it would be
best if they were forced to take a vow of positive action about
these issues for several decades to come.

I thank the two last posters.
This thread, its suggested path hurt me.
It truly did hurt ,that anyone would see a chance to advance a political line, totally wrong, but hurtful on the back of so much pain.
I in other threads spoke of a pedophile in my family, I rared him.
And of a 13 year old rosy checked girl, ruined for live by her fathers acts.
2015! a long time to wait for the results but worth it if it ends the act

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I strongly recommend reading, or re-reading, Glen Coulton's article published on OLO on 6 February 2012, entitled "Is the Ellis Defence moral ? ".

Here is the link to Coulton's article:

http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=13207

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Nationalisation by the Commonwealth Government of the Roman Catholic Church Trust Property's assets and recycling them into the economy on an equitable basis would have a beneficial effect on the economy and allow the Catholic Church to concentrate on its mission which the institution, itself, defines as "spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity ".

It does not need to accumulate "sleeping" assets and immense, non-productive wealth in order to do that.

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A time will and should come, that see,s all religions taxed as we are.
And the fate of the Catholic Church is on a knifes edge, world wide reports and inquiry's question its very existence.
If real change is not made, the Church will die.
At its own alter of abstinence, a reason certain types join it.