AUSTRALIA
ABC – PM
MARK COLVIN: The child sexual abuse Royal Commission has been told that the former Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide, Ian George, disregarded reports of abuse for several years in the late ‘90s and early 2000s.
Anglican priest Don Owers gave evidence that he lobbied the Archbishop to make a public statement on the abuse but was ignored.
The royal commission is examining how the Anglican Diocese of Adelaide and the Church of England Boys’ Society handled abuse allegations over several decades.
Samantha Donovan reports.
SAMANTHA DONOVAN: The royal commission has been examining how the Church of England Boys Society, known as ‘CEBS’, and the Anglican Church have handled child sexual abuse in Tasmania.
It’s now turning its attention to what those organisations have done in the diocese of Adelaide.
Survivor witness BYA told the commission today he was sexually abused by five CEBS leaders in the 1960s. The abuse started when he was 15.
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