AUSTRALIA
9 News

The world leader of the Salvation Army says he was not prepared for the horror of what is emerging about their children’s homes in Australia.

In a letter from Andre Cox read at a hearing of the Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Sydney on Monday, he said he was disturbed “to the very depths of his being” by what he was reading out of Australia.

“While we knew that many of the stories would be harrowing, nothing could really prepare us for the full horror of the stories that are emerging.”

He said he had written to leaders of the army in 126 countries to ensure their policies and procedures were regularly updated and implemented without exception and called on the army in Australia to ensure its procedures were robust.