Salvos back in box at abuse inquiry

SBS
June 22, 2014

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AAP

As the royal commission considers finding that the Salvation Army failed in its duty of care to vulnerable children, more evidence will be heard on Monday.

The Salvation Army is back in the box at the child sex abuse royal commission on Monday to give evidence into its handling of allegations against its officers in NSW and Queensland.

The organisation has faced two commission hearings, the first in January which looked at its response to sexual abuse at boys' homes in Indooroopilly and Riverview in Queensland and at Bexley and Goulburn in NSW.

A second hearing in March looked at how it handled further claims of sexual abuse by two officers.

In that hearing, Salvation Army leader James Condon gave evidence that he accompanied an officer, Colin Haggar, to a Sydney police station in 1990 to report Haggar's abuse of an eight-year-old girl.

Mr Condon said they were told nothing could be done in response to their initiative unless the victim's family came forward.

On Friday, the commission published recommended findings by counsel assisting, Simeon Beckett.