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The Press
March 12, 2004

Abuse complaints

A new Catholic Church office to oversee abuse complaints will be set up within the next few months. Catholic bishops and leaders of religious orders agreed last year that a body was needed to evaluate and supervise complaints procedures. Sexual-abuse complaints will still be dealt with by professional-standards committees in the country's six diocese and by those operated by religious orders. The new office will assist complainants and church agencies in cases where outcomes have been unsatisfactory or inconclusive. It will also review protocols for dealing with abuse complaints.