AUSTRALIA
ABC
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It has been announced that the Australian royal commission into the handling of child sex abuse will hold its first public sitting in early April.
In the following weeks and months survivors of child sexual abuse will begin to tell their stories.
A similar series of inquiries rocked Ireland over the past decade.
To say the least the scope of the Australian commission is huge in comparison, ranging from government agencies, religious organisations and schools to foster care and sports clubs.
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