AUSTRALIA
Daily Telegraph
JANET FIFE-YEOMANS THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MAY 07, 2014
THE Christian Brothers have paid more than $20 million to victims of sexual and physical abuse across Australia.
The staggering figure was revealed in the child sex abuse royal commission yesterday.
The payments made by both the order and Catholic Church Insurance were made to 531 people, usually child migrants brought to Australia from the UK and Malta, and involved 775 allegations, counsel assisting the commission Gail Furness said.
The commission has heard the brothers were forced into settling claims after a class action brought by law firm Slater and Gordon in 1993.
The action was defeated on technical grounds but forced the order into setting up funds and settling claims.
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