註釋 In 2017, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse presented its findings and recommendations for government, agencies, and organisations. This document presents the official response of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia, two of the leading Catholic organisations in the country. It addresses each of the recommendations that affect the Catholic Church and describes what actions will be taken. The bishops and religious leaders are grateful to the Royal Commission for their work and have accepted or accepted in principle nearly all of the Royal Commission's recommendations. The one recommendation that cannot be accepted relates to not exempting the seal of the confessional in mandatory reporting, which would be contrary to the Catholic faith and inimical to religious liberty. 