AUSTRALIA
ABC News
[with video]
By Thomas Oriti and Emily Bourke
Two Salvation Army whistleblowers were dismissed from their positions at a home in Queensland after they reported an alleged instance of abuse, a royal commission has heard.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is examining Salvation Army boys homes in New South Wales and Queensland, with a primary focus on cases in the 1960s and 1970s.
Whistleblower Cliff Randall expressed concern about violence towards boys in the Alkira Salvation Army home at Indooroopilly in 1975.
The retired Major worked at the home as a “house parent” with his wife Marina between August 1973 and May 1975.
The commission was told Maor Randall and his wife Marina were suddenly dismissed from their positions when they complained about an incident involving Major John McIver.
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