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Herald Sun
EDUCATION EDITOR SHERADYN HOLDERHEAD
THE ADVERTISER JULY 09, 2013
SEXUAL abuse of children within Australian institutions continues today, a national royal commission has heard.
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse chief executive Janette Dines said it was unclear how large the inquiry would be but about 5000 people had made contact.
“It’s certainly bigger than anything that’s been attempted before in this country,” she said.
“Many of the people coming to is in a private session are talking about their experience for the first time – sometimes in 50, 60 or 70 years … Some people are talking about abuse that happened a long, long time ago but others are much more recent.”
The commissioners began private sessions in Adelaide on Monday and will be here until the end of the month. The informal face-to-face appointments give people the chance to tell their story.
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