Royal commission urged to report quickly

FORMER head of the Uniting Church in Australia James Haire says the royal commission into child sex abuse must move as quickly as possible.

Reverend Professor Haire, who is now the executive director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra, says the inquiry will be a good opportunity to get to the heart of criminal behaviour.

"We have to clean the thing up," he said on Wednesday.

"It's criminal behaviour on behalf of the perpetrators and it's criminal behaviour on behalf of any of those who at any time tried to hide it or not let the public gaze in."

He said it was important that the commission moved quickly.

"I hope the government keeps the pressure on because I don't want to end up with what I call 'analysis, paralysis' where we keep on analysing things and nothing happens," Prof Haire said.

"We need a report quickly, even if it's only an interim report."

Justice Peter McClellan, who heads the commission, has indicated that the evidence gathering process would take months.

The commission is expected to provide an interim report by the end of June 2014.

Prof Haire acknowledged there were mixed reactions to the royal commission within churches.

"Some of them are utterly in favour with just getting on with it.

"There are some who are frightened and there are some who have joined it reluctantly - they've almost been forced into it."

He implored church leaders to trust the commission and to cooperate as much as they can.

Prof Haire was president of the Uniting Church in Australia from 2000 to 2003 and National Council of Churches in Australia president between 2003 to 2006.

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