AUSTRALIA
Daily Telegraph
Salvation Army promises that Red Shield Appeal won’t fund sexual abuse compensation payments
JONATHON MORAN AND ANDREW CARSWELL THE DAILY TELEGRAPH MAY 01, 2014
THE Salvation Army has issued a startling decree ahead of its annual Red Shield Appeal, promising donors that none of their pledged money will go towards compensation for victims of sexual abuse.
Moving to distance its fundraising activities from the claims of pedophilia and physical abuse that have surfaced at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Salvation Army commissioner James Condon said all donated funds will be directed to the charity’s traditional welfare arms.
In a statement that suggests the charity is deeply concerned Australians will refrain en masse from giving to the Red Shield Appeal given the Royal Commission’s revelations about its handling of child sexual abuse claims, Mr Condon urged the public to consider the Salvation Army’s strong policies that protect children.
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