AUSTRALIA
Northern Rivers Echo
Daniel Burdon 17th Sep 2013
THE handling of sex abuse complaints at the New South Wales North Coast Children’s Home in Grafton will be investigated by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in November.
A public hearing of allegations in New South Wales began in Sydney on Monday, with the commission revealing it had more than 4000 reports of allegations since it began.
Counsel Assisting, Gail Furness, said the commission’s third public hearing in NSW would focus on the handling of complaints and civil litigation regarding the allegations in Grafton.
The hearings will investigate how the Anglican Diocese of Grafton handled the complaints of child sexual abuse at the children’s home during 2006 and 2007.
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