AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
Tim Clarke, Legal Affairs Editor
Thursday, February 16, 2017
WA was at the shameful heart of the most rampant paedophilia within the Catholic Church, the royal commission on child sex abuse has revealed.
A commission analysis released yesterday of cases and payments covering 30 years showed the Church had paid $276.1 million to victims.
The commission released a list of Australian church institutions where most-reported incidents of alleged child sexual abuse occurred from 1980 to 2015.
The data showed 4445 people made claims. Almost 750 abuse claims were continuing at the time of the survey.
Three of the top four institutions were in WA.
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