AUSTRALIA
The Australian

AAP August 14, 2013

ORGANISATIONS that handled child sex abuse claims against a former Aboriginal children’s services CEO will be in focus in Sydney next month, when the new royal commission begins holding public hearings.

The first public hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will start on September 16 and run for up to a week.

It will specifically look at how organisations responded to child sex abuse allegations made against former CEO of Hunter Aboriginal Children’s Services, Steven Larkins.

Larkins was sentenced to a maximum of 22 months jail last year after being convicted of possessing child pornography.