AUSTRALIA
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
14 November, 2016
The Royal Commission will hold a series of public hearings in Sydney to inquire into the current policies and procedures of the following institutions in relation to child protection and child-safe standards, including responding to allegations of child sexual abuse:
Case Study 47 YMCA New South Wales
Case Study 48 Scouts New South Wales
Case Study 49 The Salvation Army
Case Study 50 Catholic Church authorities in Australia
Case Study 51 Commonwealth and the State and Territory governments
Case Study 52 Anglican Church authorities in Australia
Case Study 53 Yeshivah Melbourne and Yeshiva Bondi
Case Study 54 Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd
Case Study 55 Australian Christian Churches and affiliated Pentecostal churches
Case Study 56 Uniting Church in Australia.
The public hearing into YMCA New South Wales, Scouts New South Wales and The Salvation Army will commence on 5 December 2016 and is expected to end on 9 December 2016.
The public hearing into Catholic Church authorities in Australia will commence on 6 February 2017 and is expected to end on 24 February 2017.
The public hearing into Commonwealth, State and Territory governments will commence on 6 March 2017 and is expected to end on 10 March 2017.
The public hearing into Anglican Church authorities in Australia, Yeshivah Melbourne and Yeshiva Bondi, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Australia Ltd, Australian Christian Churches and affiliated Pentecostal churches, and the Uniting Church in Australia will commence on 20 March 2017 and is expected to end on 24 March 2017.
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