AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Some Tasmanian schools, churches and charities will be required to pay $72 million to victims of sexual abuse under a proposed compensation scheme.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has released a consultation paper on redress and civil litigation.
The commission estimates non-government institutions in Tasmania will be liable for up to $72 million to pay for counselling and psychological care, as well as direct payments to victims.
It said any future payments would be assessed in context of what has happened previously.
The Tasmanian Government has already paid almost $55 million to victims of abuse while in state care.
The report said the “Tasmanian Government scheme made 1,848 payments, with a minimum payment of $5,000, a maximum payment of $60,000 and an average payment of $30,000”.
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