Royal Commission News
Tools for Listening Launched
President of the Uniting Church in Australia Dr Deidre Palmer has launched a new Safe Church resource called “Tools for Listening” in Adelaide on Universal Children’s Day.
A Safe Church for All People
NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION WEEK STATEMENT
Almost 40 weeks have now passed since the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse handed its Final Report to the Australian Government.
Guiding the Church
This Opening Statement was delivered by Executive Officer of the Uniting Church in Australia’s Royal Commission Task Group Rev. John Cox to the Joint Select Committee hearing on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Whole-of-Church Commitment Required on Safety
Uniting Church members are being called on to do their part to make our Church, agencies and schools the safest they can be for children and all people in our care.
The Royal Commission on Child Sexual Abuse handed down its 17-volume report on 15 December 2017, bringing the landmark inquiry to a close after almost five years.
Honouring our Commitment to Child Safety
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Five years after its announcement, Australia’s landmark Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse has handed its Final Report to Government.
On this occasion I want to acknowledge the extensive and invaluable body of work produced by the Royal Commission and its staff, and remind all Church members of our solemn commitment to child safety that is informed by the Commission’s work.
Apology, Child Safety Pledge as Scale of UCA Abuse Revealed
Uniting Church leaders appearing before the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse have pledged to survivors to make the Church the safest place it can be for children.
Royal Commission Hearing Closing Remarks
On behalf of the Uniting Church in Australia I sincerely apologise to all children in our care who suffered sexual abuse, of any kind, in our Church, whether it happened since union of 1977 or before that in our predecessor Churches.
Uniting Church in Australia at the Royal Commission
Below is a Pastoral Statement on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse from the President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
On Friday 10 March 2017 the Uniting Church in Australia will appear at a public hearing for Case Study 56 of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses into Child Sexual Abuse.
One step closer on redress
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Mr Stuart McMillan has welcomed the Federal Government's announcement of a national redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse in institutions.
A Welcome National Approach on Redress
The President of the Uniting Church in Australia Stuart McMillan has welcomed the commitment by the Federal Government to develop a national approach to redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.