AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Angela Lavoipierre
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is facing criticism for failing to include survivors of abuse in a roundtable on out-of-home care.
The roundtable follows the recent inquiry into the Salvation Army’s response to the abuse of children in its care.
Stakeholders including government representatives, academics and care providers gathered in Sydney to discuss preventing sexual abuse where children are being cared for outside their family home or with foster families.
Leonie Sheedy from the advocacy group Care Leavers Australia Network (CLAN) says she is very concerned that no survivors of abuse were invited to take part.
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