AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
March 27, 2014
Louise Hall
The Salvation Army took a “largely litigious approach” towards victims of horrific physical and sexual abuse, especially those who sought compensation payments, a royal commission has heard.
A “matrix” was developed in 2005 to calculate the amounts to be offered to victims based on the age of the child at the time of the abuse, the length of time they spent in Salvation Army run homes, the kind of abuse suffered and impact it had on their lives.
Counsel Assisting the Commission, Simeon Beckett, said ex gratia payments made over the past two decades ranged from $5000 to $150,000, with an average of $50,758.
One claimant, known as EF, who had suffered multiple acts of anal rape by Major Victor Bennett, was offered $11,000.
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