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	Church to Sell Properties to Pay for Child Sex Claims ABC [Australia] October 28, 2006 http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200610/1775747.htm?southeastsa The Anglican church has endorsed a plan to sell off some of its South Australian assets to help pay compensation to the victims of child sex abuse within the church. The 2006 session of the church's synod has endorsed a plan to subdivide a portion of the church's Bishop's Court grounds at North Adelaide. It also voted to sell a Barossa Valley camp site previously used by the Church of England Boys Society. The synod also voted by a majority to impose a 1 per cent levy on its Adelaide parishes to help pay for sex abuse claims. It is hoped the levy will raise $5 million over the next 10 years. The church has so far settled sex abuse claims worth about $4.5 million and expects to settle more abuse cases in the next year.
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