AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Candice Marcus
A victim of a notorious South Australian paedophile says the child abuse royal commission’s hearings into the Salvation Army over the next fortnight will be an important step in many victims’ journeys.
The Salvation Army’s response to child sexual abuse will again come under scrutiny as hearings return to Adelaide, beginning today.
It is examining the experiences of former child residents of four boys’ homes run by the Salvation Army in South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia between 1940 and 1990.
Allegations of sexual abuse at the Eden Park Boys’ Home in South Australia, the Box Hill Boys’ Home in Victoria, Bayswater Boys’ Home in Victoria and the Hollywood Children’s Village (formerly known as the Salvation Army Boys’ Home) at Nedlands in Western Australia will form the basis of the hearing.
The commission will hear about the Salvation Army’s responses to the allegations and examine its current and past policies, practices and procedures for responding to claims of abuse.
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