AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun

THE royal commission into institutional child sexual abuse has begun private hearings in Adelaide.

Royal commission chief executive Janette Dines said the face-to-face meetings involved people telling their stories to one or two commissioners in an informal setting.

The sessions will continue throughout July.

She said people who had come to similar meetings in Sydney and Brisbane in recent weeks had described them as positive experiences.

“We understand how difficult it can be for people to come forward and talk about what happened to them,” she said in a statement on Tuesday.