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	Strategy to Fund Sex Abuse Claims Adelaide Now [Australia] October 28, 2006 http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,20661363-5006301,00.html Adelaide's Anglican parishes will have to pay a one-per-cent levy each year for 10 years to fund outstanding sexual abuse claims. The levy is expected to raise $55,000 each year from July 2007 and will be imposed on the assessable income in each parish. It is part of a 10 year financial strategy endorsed by the Diocese of the Adelaide Synod's annual conference at St Peters College on Friday night. The church has spent $4.5million of a $7.5m loan to settle claims of sexual abuse committed by priests, church officials and church workers. The synod also agreed to sell the tennis court at the official residence of the Adelaide Archbishop, Bishop's Court, at North Adelaide and start a fundraising appeal to generate a further $1million by 2007.
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