Truth can now be told
The guilty verdicts will open the way for heavily redacted sections of the child abuse royal commission to be released.
The guilty verdicts will open the way for heavily redacted sections of the child abuse royal commission to be released.
Almost a quarter of callers to the Northern Territory’s child protection hotline did not get to report their concerns to anyone.
Teenagers sexually abused as while serving with the ADF say they have been overlooked in preparations for a national apology.
The Catholic Church has defied the abuse royal commission on the confessional seal, but agreed to 98 per cent of its other recommendations.
Catholic priests in South Australia will defy new laws requiring them to report confessions of child sexual abuse.
Malcolm Turnbull outlines the government’s response to the abuse royal commission as he sets a date for an apology to victims.
The Anglican Church, Salvation Army, Scouts Australia and the YMCA will join the redress scheme for child abuse survivors.
The Catholic Church will join the $4bn child abuse redress scheme in the first move from the faith’s new head of bishops.
The redress scheme for survivors of child sexual abuse has moved closer to nationwide coverage, adding to pressure on WA and SA to join.
A Queensland decision on whether to sign up to the commonwealth’s $4bn sex-abuse redress scheme is at hand.
Roger Herft ‘showed no regard for the need to protect children’ while leading a diocese that had a pedophile network.
Four former Salvation Army officers and one soldier have been charged with dozens of physical or sexual assault offences.
The final witness to give evidence to the child abuse royal commission said he felt “wrung out” yesterday.
The institutional abusers of children across Australia have overwhelmingly been men, a royal commission has heard.
Perpetrators of institutional child abuse are most commonly members of the clergy and victims most likely boys aged 10-14.
The NT’s failure to keep proper records in the juvenile justice system could leave it exposed to civil claims.
Footage of an incident at the Don Dale youth detention centre may be misleading, inquiry hears.
Cardinal George Pell has lashed out at the Senate over an ‘obvious political stunt’.
George Pell writes to Senate complaining of “unjust” attack over call to return to Australia to face misconduct claims.
The former teen inmate at the centre of the NT royal commission into juvenile justice has rallied behind other young offenders.
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