The royal commission investigating institutional responses to child sex abuse has handed down its interim report, but says it has not yet compiled enough information to make any recommendations.
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Royal Commission: Confronting the Complexity
Justice Peter McClellan took time out to address an international men’s health symposium in Brisbane on Thursday, 12 June, and detailed the range of institutions in which child abuses has occurred. Justice McClellan gave an overview of the Royal Commission’s work thus far and the tasks which remain in order to satisfy the charge given to the Royal Commission in the Letters Patent.
Roundtable on Working with Children Checks
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse will hold a roundtable in Canberra to discuss Working with Children Checks at ANU on Monday, June 16.
2014 Familes Australia Oration
Justice Peter McClellan AM, Chair of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse gave the 2014 Familes Australia Oration. Justice McClelland examines historical interventions into child sexual abuse and their indications towards the path of healing Australia must take.
Pope appoints women to Vatican Abuse Commission
(Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday named a woman molested by a priest as a child to be part of a core group to help the Catholic Church fight the clerical sexual abuse of minors that has haunted it for over two decades.
Royal Commission to sit in Brisbane
Next week the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse will hold public hearings in Brisbane the first outside New South Wales. But unlike the investigations so far it will concentrate on relatively recent allegations of abuse at a Catholic school in Toowoomba.
Child abuse commission shows its teeth
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse ended 2013 and four months of public hearings with a sting. On the receiving end was YMCA NSW, which had spent weeks arguing it was also the victim of a pedophile who had infiltrated the self-proclaimed leading childcare provider.
‘Roadmap’ For Addressing Justice For Victims
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse today released a paper outlining its approach to examining the scope of justice for victims, ‘Justice for Victims: Addressing or Alleviating the Impact of Child Sexual Abuse in Institutions’.
Royal Commission victim briefings
Twelve months after it began its investigations, the national Royal Commission into institutional child sex abuse has revealed some more details of its private briefings.
Pope Francis to combat child sex abuse
Pope Francis has announced he is setting up a commission to boost efforts to combat the sexual abuse of children by priests.
Royal Commission: Anglican Church approach to abuse victims was antagonistic
The child abuse Royal Commission has heard that the Anglican Church took a harsh and antagonistic approach to victims of abuse from the New South Wales North Coast Children’s Home.
