AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Antonette Collins
The chief executive of a yoga ashram on the New South Wales Central Coast has apologised for mistakes made in dealing with child abuse victims, including some whose Facebook posts about the abuse were deleted.
Sarah Tetlow told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse that compensation would be offered to victims abused by a former spiritual leader at the Satyananda Yoga Ashram.
The commission has been investigating the handling of the complaints, which date back to the 1970s and ’80s.
Ms Tetlow said the organisation made errors earlier this year, when it first gave an apology to victims on Facebook but then removed some posts and sent cease and desist letters to the posts’ authors.
“Definitely the way the organisation has responded has not been helpful to the victims,” Ms Tetlow told the Sydney hearing.
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