AUSTRALIA
The Standard Times
Only days after Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane Phillip Aspinall made a public promise to refund the tuition fees of school sex crime victims, an abuse survivor who made the request was rebuffed, an inquiry has heard.
A public hearing into the abuse of dozens of boys at two Queensland private schools heard that redress policies for victims in the Anglican system were ignored.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was told that an Anglican school abuse survivor who sought help on Monday was offered an apology rather than a refund of his school fees and told his counselling sessions would be rationed due to the expense.
Kevin Kelso, a lawyer representing a number of sex abuse victims, cross-examined Dr Aspinall on whether the Anglican Church Southern Queensland was genuine in its offer to assist victims.
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