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Janet Fife-Yeomans
From:The Daily Telegraph
April 13, 2013
VICTIMS of institutionalised child sex abuse have been thrown a $44 million lifeline to help them reveal their ordeals to the royal commission.
The federal government has agreed to pay for counselling and other services to support the victims and their families as they prepare to give evidence to what is becoming one of the biggest inquiries of its type in the world.
Bravehearts founder Hetty Johnston yesterday welcomed the funding as “critically important”. “What a relief,” Ms Johnston said.
As the commission delves into how many institutions with a responsibility for children, including the Catholic Church, have failed to protect them from abuse, Ms Johnston said many victims would consider the commission as an “institution” and find it daunting to tell their stories.
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