AUSTRALIA
Pro Bono Australia
Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Charities, churches and Governments will have a chance to outline their positions on compensation to victims of child sexual abuse at an upcoming Royal Commission hearing.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has announced that it will hold a public hearing into possible redress schemes for abuse survivors.
The hearing will enable institutions and Governments to formally respond to a consultation paper released in January this year which claimed that victims could receive up to $4.378 billion in compensation.
CEO of the Truth Justice and Healing Council, which is coordinating the Catholic Church’s engagement with the Royal Commission, Francis Sullivan, said the hearing will be one of the significant milestones in the work of the Royal Commission.
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