ABSTRACT
This chapter draws together the knowledge produced about survivors, the media, the Roman Catholic Church, and the state in achieving just outcomes through the creation of discourse and its effects. Public inquiry has become one of the most significant ways in which governments have responded to unresolved issues of justice in relation to child sexual abuse (CSA) by clergy. The Roman Catholic Church (RCC), in Australia has stated publicly that it will cooperate with public inquiries, including the Victorian Inquiryand the Royal Commission. Apologies have been given to survivors through individual action in Church processes, offered publicly and independently to classes of survivors by various elements of the RCC, and comprised responses to public inquiries. Modern public inquiries into institutional child abuse have prioritised and centralised hearing survivors' voices as a significant objective. There are several areas which need future research by academics and community groups.
