AUSTRALIA
The Australian
JANET FIFE-YEOMANS THE DAILY TELEGRAPH APRIL 02, 2014
SOME victims cannot bear to see the Salvation Army uniform, branding them “Gestapo.” Others refuse to enter their offices.
Yesterday Allan Anderson, who was abused by the Salvos in the Bexley Boys Home along with his little brother John, urged the public to think twice before donating to them.
“Boys and girls’ lives were damaged and any compensation should come from the organisation’s pockets, not the public’s,” Mr Anderson, 59, told the child sex abuse royal commission.
“Let me suggest to the public … think twice before you put your hand in your pocket when the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal comes around, for you should not give so generously.”
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