Investigation into abuse of intellectually disabled child inadequate, mother tells inquiry

AUSTRALIA
ABC News

By Michelle Brown

The mother of an intellectually disabled girl tells an inquiry she is angry the people who abused her daughter were not adequately investigated.

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse is examining several cases at two New South Wales institutions – the Mater Dei School in Camden and The Disability Trust and Interchange at Shoalhaven.

It will also hear allegations involving the Gold Coast Family Support Group in Queensland, also known as FSG Australia.

At a hearing in Sydney, the inquiry heard how children with intellectual disabilities were particularly vulnerable to sexual assault.

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