AUSTRALIA
The West Australian
AMANDA BANKS The West Australian
September 2, 2014
Several dozen men who were abused as boys at four Christian Brothers’ homes in WA are having their compensation reviewed after the order opened the door to increasing payouts at a public hearing of a royal commission nearly four months ago.
The commitment by the Christian Brothers to revisit any settlements which were regarded as unjust has been highlighted in closing submissions to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse which were published last week.
In a separate statement released this afternoon, a spokesman for the Christian Brothers said the order had responded to several dozen individuals who had asked for their payouts to be re-examined and expected to address matters over the next two to three months.
Some individuals had also taken up an offer of ongoing psychological counselling in the wake of the public hearing.
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