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The Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse will be preparing to publicly examine the North Coast Children’s Home in Lismore. David Hanger from the Professional Standards Committee says the people who handled the complaints at the time were concerned about the Church’s financial exposure. He says the diocese is currently handling several other cases from the orphanage and they’ve referred some matters to police.

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TONY EASTLEY: Two months ago, the Anglican Diocese of Grafton in northern New South Wales publicly apologised to victims who suffered abuse over decades at the children’s home in Lismore.

The apology came several months after the Anglican Bishop of Grafton, Keith Slater, resigned, admitting he failed to properly manage the allegations and had turned victims away.

The diocese says it’s currently handling more cases from the orphanage and they’ve referred some matters to police.

David Hanger is…