helen bodden director of bbc news and steven mitchell passed their responsibilities on to others. to implicate a former worker in abuse. bbc officials are also conducting an internal investigation that a late children's tv presenter sexually abused children. bodden and mitchell were involved in a decision last year to not launch investigati into the allegations. officials say they plan to overhaul the editorial system and clarify the chain of command. >>> australia's leaders are also grappling with a child abuse scandal. prime minister julia gillard has launched into abuse in churches and schools. gillard said a commission will begin an inquiry next year into institutional abuses. >> child abuse is, of course, wrong and wrong doers should be punished. this is an incredibly evil thing. we all hope that anybody who has ever abused a child is held to account for that in the criminal courts. >> a catholic priest was last week accused of molesting young kong regants in wales. officials who discovered abuse were transferred to other churches. the commission will also investigate whether