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Archdiocese of Perth Gerard William Dick was sentenced in 1995 to 3½ years jail for 10 incidents of indecently dealing with boys aged between eight and 10 at a Christian Brothers’ orphanage in Western Australia.
Diocese of Bunbury Adrian Richard Van Klooster pleaded guilty to four counts of indecently dealing with children under the age of 13 and was found with child pornography on his computer.
St Andrew’s Hostel A former hostel warden at St Andrew’s Hostel in Katanning from the 1970s to early 1990s, DJK, is serving his second jail term for abusing 11 boys.
WA government
Children’s homes The WA government confirmed 22 government-run institutions were named by child victims of abuse lodged under the Redress WA scheme.
Fairbridge farm More than 200 child migrants who were among those sent to Pinjarra’s Fairbridge farm school for child migrants, between 1930 and 1981, have been awarded more than $1.1 million.
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