AUSTRALIA
The Australian
PIA AKERMAN From: The Australian May 06, 2013
THE royal commission examining institutional responses to child sexual abuse has revealed it will begin hearing from victims this week, as a separate inquiry into alleged Catholic Church cover-ups in the Hunter Valley begins.
Survivors of child sexual abuse in institutions will start telling their stories to the royal commission in private sessions beginning tomorrow in Sydney, ahead of other private hearings in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Commission chief executive Janette Dines said many people had already come forward wanting to speak about their experiences.
“I want to assure people who have already called that we will get back to them,” she said. ‘As soon as we have enough people registered in a particular location we will make arrangements to travel to that place.
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