AUSTRALIA
ABC News
The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne has revealed it has dealt with 46 cases of child abuse since 1955.
But the church has told the Victorian child abuse inquiry there may have been more because records were poorly kept.
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, Philip Freier, says the church’s approach to complaints is much better now than in the 1950s and 60s.
“Children were frankly disbelieved; disbelieved by their parents, they were disbelieved by the adults around them when they raised complaints,” he said.
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