AUSTRALIA
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Rachael Burnett, Australian Associated Press
January 16, 2017
Police chiefs will consider a national apology to victims who were ignored by officers and sometimes beaten when they reported institutional child sex abuse.
They will wait until after Australia’s child sexual abuse royal commission hands down a final report before “comprehensively” examining the need for an apology and what it might look like.
Victoria Police chief Graham Ashton says the issue is of serious concern and acknowledged the “long lasting impact of abuse on the most vulnerable in our communities” in a letter to the Care Leavers Australasia Network.
Thousands of adults across Australia have reported suffering psychological, sexual and physical abuse while they were children in care over a period of decades.
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