Truth, Justice and Healing Council
The Truth, Justice and Healing Council was established by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference as a national co-ordinating body to oversee the church's engagement with the 2015-17 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and the pastoral and other ramifications that arose from the sexual abuse which it was called to investigate.[1]
Personnel
[edit]The council was chaired by the Honourable Barry O'Keefe AM QC until his 2014 death.[2]
He was succeeded by the Honourable Neville Owen, a former judge, barrister and solicitor, and Francis J. Sullivan was appointed as CEO.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Announcement of Chair and CEO of the Catholic Church Council for the Royal Commission" (Press release). Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. 12 December 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ Murphy, Damien (26 April 2014). "Former ICAC chief Barry O'Keefe dies aged 80". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "The Hon Neville Owen". The Truth, Justice and Healing Council. 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Bianca Hall and Judith Ireland, "Sex Abuse Victims May Get Payouts", Sydney Morning Herald 12 January 2013, p. 1.
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