McLellan Commission to report this morning on Scottish Catholic Church’s handling of abuse claims

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The McLellan Commission is to report this morning on Scottish Catholic Church’s handling of abuse claims.

The Very Rev Andrew McLellan, a former moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and previous chief inspector of prisons, has led the 11-member external commission’s inquiry into the policies and practices of the Church.

Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland, is expected to comment on report findings during his homily at lunchtime Mass at St Andrew’s cathedral in Glasgow.

Although secular reports have clumsily and routinely tried to link this independent review to admissions of Cardinal Keith O’Brien about his private life prior to his resignation in February 2013, there is no link and the two matters remain separate.

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Scottish Church must put abuse survivors first and apologise. After the McLellan report’s release this morning, the president of the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland extended an apology from the hierarchy for Church’s handing of abuse. Church safeguarding staff commit to implementing commission’s recommendations.

Report here: sconews.co.uk/latest-edition/46633/scottish-church-must-put-abuse-survivors-first-and-apologise/

Bishops of Scotland say they are ‘shamed and pained’ by abuse within the Church
During Mass at St Andrew’s Cathedral today, Archbishop Philip Tartaglia offered the Scottish Church’s full response to the publication of the McLellan report from the commission chaired by Dr Andrew McLellan, a former Church of Scotland Moderator.

Report here: sconews.co.uk/latest-edition/46642/bishops-of-scotland-say-they-are-shamed-and-pained-by-abuse-within-the-church/
 
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