AUSTRALIA
ABC News

By Liz Farquhar

Newcastle’s Anglican church says it has developed a long-term framework to help survivors of child sexual abuse tell their stories and recover.

Decades of abuse within the church will be investigated at a two-week public hearing of the Royal Commission in Newcastle, starting in August.

The ABC has previously reported that several alleged paedophile rings are being investigated by police and the Royal Commission.

Dead priest Peter Rushton, acknowledged by the Anglican diocese as a paedophile, is a focus of the police and Royal Commission probes.