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Source AAP 17 AUG 2014
One of the world’s first child abuse compensation schemes will be scrutinised when the child abuse royal commission sits in Melbourne this week.
The Melbourne Response, introduced in 1996, was the one of the Catholic Church’s first redress schemes for victims of pedophile priests.
Cardinal George Pell, who was Archbishop of Melbourne in the 1990s, will give evidence via video-link on Thursday from the Vatican about his role in setting up the scheme.
But first up will be Christine Foster, whose daughters were raped by a priest in Melbourne in the 1990s.
One daughter committed suicide while the other is in 24-hour care after being hit by a car.
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