Published: March 08, 2019
Labor’s Kristina Keneally criticises bishop for asking schools not to demand proof of check and calls on NSW minister to clarify process
Labor senator Kristina Keneally has written to the NSW family and community services minister after a bishop told schools they were not to ask priests for working with children checks and to instead call the diocese.
The Guardian revealed on Wednesday that the bishop of Armidale, Michael Kennedy, wrote to the Catholic Education Office in February to say: “It has been brought to my attention that some schools may be requiring that the priests who are ex-officio members of the School Advisory Council provide their working-with-children check details.”
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