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Jessica Grewal 29th Jan 2014
BOYS living at a Riverview farm were locked in a prison-like cell for days at a time as one of many sadistic punishments dealt out by a rapist Salvation Army captain, the royal commission has heard.
During day two of the hearing into the Salvation Army’s treatment of child abuse victims at the home near Ipswich, five former Riverview residents told of the torment they were subjected to while the late Major Victor Bennett was in command in the late 60s and 70s.
One victim, who can only be referred to as ES, told the commission Major Bennett had once performed an enema like procedure on him with a garden hose to teach him a lesson.
He said he had tried to run away and catch a nearby ferry when Major Bennett and some of the older boys caught up with him.
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