Appendix 24
Supplementary memorandum by the Catholic
Child Welfare Council
Welfare of Former Child Migrants (CM 107C)Further
to the oral evidence session of the above Inquiry held on Thursday,
16 July, and to the transcript sent to me which I now return,
I ask you to bring the following to the attention of the Committee:We
believe that some of the statements made within questions put
by committee members contained factual inaccuracies which, in
our opinion, could not be properly substantiated. We hope that
statements and allegations made in the Committee's final Report
will be backed up by suitable supporting references and sources.In
particular can we refer the Committee to the second part of question
337 on page 26 starting at line 11. We know of no section of the
Catholic Church nor any Catholic agency or organisation in Britain
or Australia which makes its help to former child migrants conditional
on signing a disclaimer or entering into any kind of agreement
not to sue. In particular, CBERS has made public statements to
the effect that its services are open to all former Christian
Brothers residents and are delivered without prejudice. If the
Committee has evidence of any Catholic organisation which acts
in this way, we would be most grateful to receive the details
from you. If, on the other hand, there is no such evidence could
the transcript be suitably annotated to show that.We appreciate
the work that the committee has put into this Inquiry and look
forward to the production of its Report.
21 July 1998
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