Men Make up Two-Thirds of Royal Commission Victim Briefings

By Tom Nightingale
The ABC News
January 11, 2014

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-11/men-make-up-two-thirds-of-royal-commission-victim/5195392?section=nsw

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The Royal Commission into institutional child sex abuse has conducted about 1,000 private briefings with victims so far. The briefings sometimes lead to institutions being questioned. And now, the Commission has revealed data of who's taking part. It shows about two-thirds of victim participants are men, and the most common institution reported is a children's home.

Transcript

SIMON SANTOW: Twelve months after it began its investigations, the national Royal Commission into institutional child sex abuse has revealed some more details of its private briefings.

Commissioners use the briefings to gather information from victims directly.

In at least one case, it's led to a major examination of a prominent institution, the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association).

The data reveals that men make up more than half the victims who've taken part so far.