AUSTRALIA
The Courier
March 6, 2018
Capping compensation payments to child sexual abuse survivors means the Catholic Church and other institutions are getting off scot-free, an inquiry has heard.
A number of abuse survivors and their advocates want the $150,000 maximum payment under the national redress scheme increased or the cap removed altogether.
The entire concept of capping payments and requiring victims to sign a deed releasing the responsible institution from further claims was “utterly disgusting and insulting”, survivor Matt Jones said.
“People need to realise that for any survivors it is about putting a price on their lives, so I say scrap the cap,” Mr Jones told a Senate inquiry.
Long-time victims’ advocate Chrissie Foster also strongly criticised the limit.
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