AUSTRALIA
ABC Gippsland
By Celine Foenander
A man who survived years of abuse at a boys home near Sale in the early 1970s has called for compensation in the form of a pension.
Ray Shingles from Longford last week appeared before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
He told the Commission a pension scheme for survivors of abuse would ensure they continue to get the support they need.
“Our communities have a lot of alcohol and drug problems and I think by giving large amounts of money to somebody that’s got an alcohol or drug problem, you’re not really helping a situation,” Mr Shingles says.
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