AUSTRALIA
Sky News
The royal commission into child sexual abuse in Adelaide has heard over 20 perpetrators have been identified at Salvation Army run homes.
Counsel assisting Sophie David says over the two weeks of hearings, survivors will give evidence that child sex abuse was widespread, unchecked and flourished over a long period of time.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will examine four homes operated by the Salvation Army from 1940 to 1980 – Eden Park Boys’ Home in South Australia, Box Hill and Bayswater Boys’ homes in Victoria and a home at Nedlands in Western Australia.
In a detailed opening address, Ms David said 20 perpetrators had been identified at homes run by the Salvation Army.
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