Fisher hopes for humbler Catholicism

Archbishop Anthony Fisher has apologised for sexual abuse and the failure of some church leaders to respond to it while expressing hopes for a humbler, more compassionate and rejuvenated Catholicism at his installation as ninth Archbishop of Sydney.

The 54-year-old Dominican bioethicist formally took possession of Australia’s oldest diocese at St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, on 12 November. “To survivors of abuse and all affected I say: the Church is – I am – profoundly sorry for what happened,” he said.