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The Salvation Army is set to come under public scrutiny for a second time at the royal commission into child sexual abuse.
The second public hearing by a royal commission into how the Salvation Army handled allegations of child sexual abuse opens in Sydney on Thursday.
The inquiry follows one in January, which revealed extensive abuse at four homes run by the Christian organisation in NSW and Queensland.
Thursday’s public hearing will inquire into the policies, practices and procedures of the Salvos eastern territory division between 1993 and 2014, for responding to claims of child sexual abuse at children’s homes it operated.
The experience of people who made complaints to The Salvation Army between 1993 and 2014 will be examined in the hearing, which may run for two weeks.
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