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The Salvation Army is back before the child abuse royal commission to respond to the damning evidence revealed during two separate public hearings and the recommended findings that have been delivered to the inquiry. The Salvation Army has again apologised to victims and again vowed to assist them, but the inquiry has been told that the Salvation Army is on shaky ground by claiming that only 1 per cent of children in its homes were abused.
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ELEANOR HALL: To the Child Abuse Royal Commission, and the Salvation Army is before the inquiry in Sydney today, to respond to the damning evidence revealed during two separate public hearings over the past six months.
The royal commission has already told Salvation Army leaders that they are on shaky ground with their claim that only 1 per cent of children in the organisation’s homes were abused.
But the chair of the inquiry said this morning, that it’s too early to establish a clear “causal link” between the sexual abuse of children and the harsh and punitive culture at the Salvation Army’s homes in New South Wales and Queensland.
The Salvation Army has again apologised to victims and again vowed to assist them.
Our correspondent Emily Bourke has been monitoring proceedings and she joins us again now.
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