AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Melbourne’s Yeshivah Centre has set up a redress scheme to help support victims of sexual abuse.
Michael Debinski, who will oversee the independent scheme, said victims would be offered counselling and redress payments, starting at $10,000 and going up to $80,000.
He said he did not know how many victims would come forward.
“We’ve got trained professional social workers who’ll then meet with them, assess their claim and may also assist them if they have other issues they need psychological care or support [with],” Mr Debinski said.
“Yeshiva funds the scheme, but in every other respect we’ve been very careful and diligent to establish it in a way that all of the contact points are independent of Yeshivah.”
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