AUSTRALIA
WA Today
Leanne Nicholson
Deputy editor, WAtoday
Dozens of victims of abuse meted out by Christian Brothers at West Australian facilities have resettled their claims following a review sparked by a royal commission into child abuse in institutions.
Almost half of the 130 requests submitted by abuse victims for the Christian Brothers to re-examine their outcomes have been resettled.
The reviews were being held after the Christian Brothers gave an undertaking at the royal commission last year to re-examine “demonstrably unjust” and “unreasonably low” settlements.
Following the undertaking, 130 requests were made to review settlements connected with abuses carried out at the Christian Brothers’ WA facilities at Tardun, Bindoon, Clontarf and Castledare.
Christian Brothers Oceania provincial leader Brother Peter Clinch said 64 re-examined cases were finalised and new settlements had been reached.
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