AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Thomas Oriti
An inquiry into Salvation Army boys homes has been told officers were quickly moved to other states if they were accused of child sexual abuse.
The Alkira Salvation Army Home for Boys at Indooroopilly in Queensland is one of four homes being examined by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Marina Randall and her husband Cliff worked as “house parents” in the home between 1973 and 1975.
Major Randall has recalled arriving at her accommodation in 1973.
“It just looked as if it had been left in a hurry. Things weren’t the way you might normally expect if it had been a relaxed leaving,” she said.
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