Activists are now protesting against sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Sydney!
One of the most senior members of the Catholic Church in Australia has resigned after being charged with child abuse, the church announced on Monday, June 30.
Bishop Max Davis, is reportedly Australia's most senior clergyman and the first Australian Catholic bishop to be charged with a child sex offence . He also used to head the church's military diocese.
Activists went gaga when it was alleged that Davis sexually abused a student while teaching at St. Benedict's College near Perth in 1969 (two years before he was ordained).
The Catholic Military Ordinariate of Australia says in a recent statement that Davis, now 68, "emphatically denies" the charge.
Meanwhile, the Australian Defence Force said Davis had stood aside from his position while the matter was dealt with by the courts.
According to Kenya's Capital News,
"The charge comes with a Royal Commission into Institutional Responses
to Child Sexual Abuse underway in Australia after growing pressure to
investigate widespread allegations of paedophilia, mostly in the
Catholic Church."
It's hearings are covering
harrowing allegations of child abuse involving places of worship,
orphanages, community groups and schools.
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