New Catholic standards body to crack down on clergy: Royal Commission

By Rachel Browne
Updated February 20 2017 - 5:08pm, first published 3:58pm
Brisbane Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge. Photo: Melissa Adams
Brisbane Catholic Archbishop Mark Coleridge. Photo: Melissa Adams
Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council. Photo: Jeremy Piper
Francis Sullivan, CEO of the Truth, Justice and Healing Council. Photo: Jeremy Piper

A newly established national oversight body for the Catholic church will have the power to publicly name dioceses or religious orders which fail to meet its robust standards, a royal commission has heard.

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