AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Melissa Davey
@MelissaLDavey
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Four weeks after giving evidence before a royal commission, victims of child sexual abuse within the Orthodox Jewish Yeshivah centres in Melbourne say they are frustrated by a lack of action by senior centre staff.
In an open letter directed to Yeshivah management in Melbourne and published on Wednesday, 11 abuse victims said they were dismayed by a lack of resignations following the hearings, during which it was revealed senior staff knew about the abuse, but did nothing.
Last month, the royal commission into institutional responses into child sexual abuse held public hearings at Melbourne’s county court to examine the way the Yeshivah centres, which run schools, religious activities and youth groups in Sydney and Melbourne, responded to child sex abuse in their community.
“It is astounding and a further indictment on the Yeshivah Centre that no genuine public action has been taken to date by your institution in response to the royal commission public hearing,” the letter said.
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