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ABC News

[terms of reference – Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]

A Hunter Valley clergy abuse victim has applauded the Federal Government for taking victims into account as it compiled the terms of reference for its Royal Commission.

The probe was partly prompted by child sex cover up claims made by Hunter Valley Detective Peter Fox.

The main focus will be to investigate systemic failures within church and state-run institutions in preventing and dealing with child abuse.

The terms of reference specifically ask the Commissioners to consider what action governments and institutions should take to help victims.