AUSTRALIA
The Guardian
Australian Associated Press
Thursday 19 November 2015
The Anglican Church in Brisbane is still refusing to refund fees to former students who suffered abuse, despite the church’s clear policy to do so, a royal commission has been told.
A resumed inquiry into how the diocese handles child sex abuse complaints was told on Friday an abuse survivor’s request for school fees to be refunded was rejected this week.
The church’s director of professional standards in southern Queensland, Gregory Milles, told the abuse survivor it “wouldn’t be policy” for the church to refund fees, the inquiry heard.
The archbishop of Brisbane, Phillip Aspinall, said the refund policy was implemented “some weeks ago”.
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