Catholic schools consider breaking from Christian Brothers

Edmund Rice Education Australia is considering severing ties with the Christian Brothers after the order said it was running out of money to pay child abuse survivors.

Why it mattersThousands of survivors face legal delays while Australian taxpayers fund the schools. How institutional abuse compensation works may change.

Australia44,000 Australian students attend these schools, which received $732.7 million in taxpayer funding last year. The split may stabilise the schools but leaves abuse survivors in legal limbo during an already painful process.

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