AUCKLAND: New Zealand's Catholic Church formally apologised on Friday to the survivors of abuse within the church and said that its systems and culture must change.
"I also apologise to you on behalf of those who preceded us as bishops and congregational leaders. We offer no excuses for their actions, or for ours, that have caused you harm." An interim report by the Commission in December found that up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults werein New Zealand's faith-based and state care institutions from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
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