The Catholic Church has confirmed it will enter the national redress scheme for victims of child sexual abuse, the first non-government institution to do so.
Archbishop Mark Coleridge says the Church supports the plan, as victims deserve justice and healing.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard evidence from 2,500 people who had been abused in Catholic-run institutions, 62 per cent of all survivors who reported abuse in a religious institution.