AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
By JOANNE McCARTHY Sept. 15, 2013
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TWO men preyed on vulnerable Hunter children for decades despite allegations to government departments, but only one case is before the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse starting on Monday.
The case of jailed former Hunter Aboriginal Children’s Services chief executive Steven Larkins will open the first public hearings of the Royal Commission in Sydney.
The case of the second jailed man, self-appointed ‘‘volunteer carer’’ Robert Holland, ended in 2009 when he died after a court heard authorities failed to act on allegations he was sexually abusing children in his care, including Aboriginal children.
Now two female victims of Holland are accusing the NSW government of further betrayal over compensation.
The women were repeatedly sexually abused by Holland in the 1980s while he received government funding for being their ‘‘carer’’.
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