AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
November 18, 2013
Paul Bibby
Court Reporter
So devastating was the physical and sexual abuse suffered by a young boy at an Anglican Church-run children’s home in northern NSW that, years later, he welcomed a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer because it meant “the pain will stop”, the royal commission has heard.
And yet when this victim and scores of others launched a class action against the church in the early 2000s, the church allegedly did “everything in its power” to avoid taking responsibility for the abuse inflicted by its clergy, often acting in its name.
“The Anglican Church did everything in its power to be a hindrance in this case,” the man, referred to as “CK” said during a gut-wrenching 90 minutes of evidence before the commission on Monday.
“It deliberately dragged the case out, knowing that the impact on us was a beneficial outcome for the church.
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