AUSTRALIA
The Australian
AAP June 17, 2013
ORPHANS who say they were abused as children in Salvation Army homes are demanding compensation from the Christian charity.
A group of about 20 held a silent protest outside the charity’s Sydney headquarters on Monday, urging the Salvos to contribute to a reparations fund to help rebuild victims’ shattered lives.
A spokeswoman for Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN), the organisation representing alleged victims, said many of the protesters had been terribly abused between the 1920s and 1980s.
“Heinous crimes were committed against them while in the care of the Salvation Army,” Leonie Sheedy told AAP.
“The boys and girls in those homes suffered sexual rape, beating, floggings,” she said.
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