AUSTRALIA
Newcastle Herald
Megan Neil
12 May 2017
NEWCASTLE’S Anglican diocese maintains it will pay proper compensation to child abuse victims despite needing to find almost $1 million after underestimating its redress obligations.
The diocese has already paid almost $5 million in compensation to people sexually abused as children by Anglican clergy and lay people. It had budgeted for $1.5 million in redress for 2017 and 2018.
But Bishop Peter Stuart says the estimates for redress funding for 2017 and 2018 may be too low and many of the claims relate to events not covered by insurance, or where the insurer has refused to pay due to the failure of diocesan processes.
The projected funding shortfall for 2018 is nearly $950,000, he said.
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