Jacqui Lambi tells the Catholic Church to ‘suck it up’

Jacqui Lambie has told the Catholic Church to ‘suck it up’ and sell some of their buildings so they can properly compensate victims of sexual abuse. 

On Monday night’s episode of Q&A, the former Tasmanian senator answered an audience members probes about the differences in compensation available to victims of crime or family abuse to those abused within an institution. 

Almost $4 billion will be allocated to the national redress scheme for people who were sexually abused as children while in the care of institutions. 

As it stands a person who has suffered at the hands of an institution can seek $150,000, whereas victims of crime are set to receive under $10,000 in compensation. 

Jacqui Lambie (pictured) told the Catholic Church to ‘suck it up’ during Q&A on Monday

‘There is inequality going on here. Somebody needs to set the standard amount for any sort of abuse that’s going on,’ she said on the ABC show. 

‘As for the institutions, I can tell you what, it’s taken them long enough to come up and first of all their apology was way too long and they just sat there as if nothing was happening.

‘Then they’re still out there crying because they have to sell some of their churches up or whatever. Suck it up.

‘It was your fault these people are living in the nightmares they’re living. If it means you have to sell some of that property off, then you have to, because you have to pay for your sins. Someone please tell the Catholic Church that.’ 

She said they should sell buildings to compensate victims of sexual abuse within institutions 

She said they should sell buildings to compensate victims of sexual abuse within institutions 

Her words were supported on social media by many who got behind her straight-up approach 

Her words were supported on social media by many who got behind her straight-up approach 

'Then they're still out there crying because they have to sell some of their churches up or whatever. Suck it up,' she said on Q&A on Monday 

‘Then they’re still out there crying because they have to sell some of their churches up or whatever. Suck it up,’ she said on Q&A on Monday 

Her words were supported on social media by many who got behind her straight-up approach.

‘The compensation cap is disgusting. Yes, sell all of their churches and give the money to abuse survivors,’ wrote one woman. 

‘Jacqui Lambie teaching the Catholic Church about sin has made my Monday,’ said a man on Twitter. 

Currently a person who has suffered at the hands of an institution can seek $150,000 whereas victims of crime are set to receive less than $10,000 in compensation

Currently a person who has suffered at the hands of an institution can seek $150,000 whereas victims of crime are set to receive less than $10,000 in compensation

'Jacqui Lambie teaching the Catholic Church about sin has made my Monday,' said a man on Twitter

‘Jacqui Lambie teaching the Catholic Church about sin has made my Monday,’ said a man on Twitter

Almost $4 billion will be allocated to the Australia-wide redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse

Almost $4 billion will be allocated to the Australia-wide redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse



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