AUSTRALIA
Sky News
Australia’s support and treatment services for victims of child sexual abuse will be investigated.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse on Thursday called for submissions on issues relating to advocacy, support and therapeutic treatment services.
Commission CEO Philip Reed said that through case studies and private sessions, attention had been drawn to the lack of quality support services, as well as difficulties that survivors faced when seeking support and therapeutic treatment services.
The commission has held more than 4000 private sessions and is starting its 33rd public hearing on Tuesday next week.
It will be investigating how former child residents of Salvation Army homes in South Australia were treated between 1940 and 1990.
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