Do ask, do tell: Commission calls for mandatory reporting of child sex abuse

By Melissa Cunningham
Updated December 15 2017 - 3:38pm, first published 3:35pm
Photograph Simon O'Dwyer. The Age Newspaper. 170216. Photograph Shows. St Alipius Presbytary, church and old boys school in Ballarat have ribbons tied to their fences to symbolise the abuse of catholic priests.
Photograph Simon O'Dwyer. The Age Newspaper. 170216. Photograph Shows. St Alipius Presbytary, church and old boys school in Ballarat have ribbons tied to their fences to symbolise the abuse of catholic priests.

People working closely with children, such as priests or foster carers, should be forced to tell police about sexual abuse under mandatory reporting laws, a royal commission has found.

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