On 31 August 2016, in Newcastle, a Royal Commission public hearing started in order to inquire into the response of Catholic Church authorities in the Maitland-Newcastle region to allegations of child sexual abuse by clergy and religious.

Please, click below to

- Watch a message from Bishop Bill Wright about the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Case Study 43, the Catholic Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle.

- Read the statement from Marist Brothers

- Read the comment by Francis Sullivan, CEO TJHCouncil