AUSTRALIA
Press TV (Iran)
The Royal Commission in Australia has begun a public hearing in the city of Perth to hear the stories of some of the victims of alleged child abuse by priests in orphanages.
The abuse allegedly occurred between 1947 and 1968 against boys, as young as seven, who were sent to Australia as child migrants. Witnesses have been recounting their stories in the hearing about the horrific abuse they were subjected to in the orphanages by the priests.
The Royal Commission will examine the four orphanages run by priests, namely the Bindoon Farm School, St Mary’s Agricultural School, St Vincent’s Orphanage Clontarf and Castledare Junior Orphanage. Priests in all the four orphanages have been accused of child sexual abuse.
In 1947, thousands of British child migrants were sent to institutions in Australia, one of Britain’s formal colonies, without the knowledge or consent of their parents.
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.