The apology to be delivered on Oct 22 was announced Wednesday as Turnbull outlined his government's formal reaction to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse on October 22. #TDE7 pic.twitter.com/modeQnaoCK — The Daily Edition (@DailyEditionOn7) June 13, 2018As a result of a separate Victorian police investigation, Pell is to face trial on charges of sexual abuse. Pope Francis' finance adviser, Pell is the most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis. Already, the state of South Australia has said that from October, church confessions will no longer be exempt from laws concerning the mandatory reporting of child sex abuse.

Source: Bangkok Post June 13, 2018 07:41 UTC