AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Dan Cox
A clergy abuse survivor has told a royal commission’s hearings in Newcastle that the Anglican church fought very hard to deny its duty of care.
The man, who can only be identified as CKU, gave evidence at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
The public hearings at Newcastle courthouse are looking at the past and present systems, policies and practices within the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle for responding to allegations of child sexual abuse.
CKU told the commission he lived with his mother at St John’s college at Morpeth while she trained to be a priest.
He said he was 12 years old when he met trainee priest Ian Barrack, who was aged 28.
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