AUSTRALIA
The Courier
Melissa CunninghamMelissa Cunningham
@MeljCunningham
10 Oct 2016
A leading Victorian judge has called for the urgent roll-out of a national redress scheme for victims of childhood sexual abuse.
In her landmark sentencing of disgraced paedophile priest Robert Claffey,73, at the Geelong County Court last week, Judge Felicity Hampel called for the establishment of redress scheme which provided genuine apologies and fully funded adequate compensation to all victims of sexual abuse.
Claffey unleashed a 22-year reign of terror on children across western Victoria.
He is likely to die behind bars after being jailed for 18 years and four months.
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