{"id":29950,"date":"2012-12-11T17:18:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=29950"},"modified":"2012-12-11T17:18:40","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T15:18:40","slug":"australian-medical-association-offered-help-to-catholic-church-australia-news-29950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/australian-medical-association-offered-help-to-catholic-church-australia-news-29950\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Medical Association offered help to Catholic Church \/ Australia News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/australia-announces-enormous-child-abuse-probe-after-senior-policeman-accuses-catholic-church-of-cover-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29962\" title=\"australia-announces-enormous-child-abuse-probe-after-senior-policeman-accuses-catholic-church-of-cover-up\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/australia-announces-enormous-child-abuse-probe-after-senior-policeman-accuses-catholic-church-of-cover-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/australia-announces-enormous-child-abuse-probe-after-senior-policeman-accuses-catholic-church-of-cover-up.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/australia-announces-enormous-child-abuse-probe-after-senior-policeman-accuses-catholic-church-of-cover-up-280x209.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/australia-announces-enormous-child-abuse-probe-after-senior-policeman-accuses-catholic-church-of-cover-up-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1>Australian Medical Association (AMA) chief \u00a0Francis Sullivan will help the troubled Catholic Church deal with the &#8220;issues and ramifications&#8221; of the federal royal commission into child sex abuse.<\/h1>\n<p>The secretary general of the federal AMA, Francis Sullivan, will take up the Catholic Church post after five years with the medical lobby group.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement from the AMA did not specify Mr Sullivan&#8217;s new role, but the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Religious Australia announced last month they would establish a 10-member council of lay people and members of the clergy and the church was due to announce the head of that council on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>AMA president Steve Hambleton described his departing colleague as a &#8220;highly respected advocate&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with much regret that the AMA is losing such a strong and well-connected colleague, but he is taking on a role for which he is uniquely equipped and very passionate about,&#8221; Dr Hambleton said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Francis has been a diligent and hardworking leader and manager for the AMA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has not only been a trusted CEO and adviser to the AMA leadership, he has been a friend and confidant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the AMA, Mr Sullivan spent 14 years as the chief executive officer of Catholic Health Australia.<\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! 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