AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Ashleigh Raper and Thomas Oriti
A lawyer for the Anglican Church has told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse the decision to compensate a group of abuse victims was not motivated by their suffering.
Peter Roland was employed by the Anglican Diocese of Grafton.
He was the Diocese’s legal representative when a group of former residents from the North Coast Children’s Home in Lismore wanted compensation for allegedly being sexually and physically abused.
This latest phase of the Royal Commission is looking into the response from the Diocese to the allegations and how it handled the group claim.
During a tense exchange, Counsel Assisting the Commission, Simeon Beckett asked Mr Roland the motivation behind offering compensation.
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