AUSTRALIA
ABC News
Sex abuse survivor groups say they are pleased with the progress of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse after its first year of operation.
The commission was established on January 11, 2013, before private hearings began in May and public hearings began in September.
More than 1,000 victims have shared their stories with the commission.
About two-thirds of people taking part in private sessions were male and 70 per cent were over 50.
A third of institutions identified in private sessions were children’s homes, including religious ones, while about a fifth were religious schools and 16 per cent were religious organisations
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