Media Releases
Thursday, 28 April 2022 17:12
PATHWAYS VICTORIA A New Model for Responding to Survivors of Abuse in the Catholic Church in Victoria - Media Release 21 December 2021
Today, the Catholic Bishops of Victoria announce the establishment of Pathways Victoria, a new model for responding consistently across the Victorian dioceses to allegations of…
Thursday, 28 April 2022 17:05
Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst welcomes Report of Safeguarding Audit - Media Release 8 April 2021
The Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst welcomes today’s publication of the report on the Diocese’s implementation of the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, conducted by Australian CatholicSafeguarding…
Thursday, 28 April 2022 17:05
Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst welcomes Report of Safeguarding Audit - Media Release 8 April 2021
The Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst welcomes today’s publication of the report on the Diocese’s implementation of the National Catholic Safeguarding Standards, conducted by Australian CatholicSafeguarding…
Thursday, 28 April 2022 16:59
Catholics working to create better Church and respond to the ‘Cry of the Earth and Cry of the Poor’ - Media Release 4 October 2021
4 October 2021 The Catholic Church in Australia has been gearing up for the First Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council, which is taking over…
Monday, 06 February 2017 17:28
Statement from Bishop Leslie Tomlinson - Royal Commission - Media release 7th February 2017
Bishop Les Tomlinson responds to data released by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Monday, 05 December 2016 11:16
Sale of Feathertop Chalet to Chabad Youth - Media release 5th December, 2016
The Diocese of Sandhurst today announced that it plans to sell Feathertop Chalet to Chabad Youth in order to concentrate on its core ministries across…
Friday, 05 September 2014 16:53
Bishop Leslie Tomlinson - Media release 1st September, 2014
THE Bishop of Sandhurst Leslie Tomlinson said today the Church remains humbled by its past failures in the handling of Child Sex Abuse, and remains…
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 10:36
Media Release: Statement from the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, November 2012
The President and Permanent Committee of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, on behalf of the Australian Bishops, support the announcement by the Prime Minister of…
Thursday, 11 October 2012 09:33
Media Release: Catholic Church in Victoria backs mandatory reporting for clergy and reporting to police
The Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, Denis Hart, today announced that the Catholic Church in Victoria supported extending mandatory reporting under the Children, Youth and Families…
