The Australian Anglican Church has had around 1,100 child abuse complaints

Australian Anglican Church: 1,100 abuse complaints

Thursday, March 23rd, 2017

The Australian Anglican Church has had around 1,100 child abuse complaints reported against it in the past 35 years.

A Government report says most children were aged around 11 when they were abused.

Their publication about the Anglican Church comes a month after the Royal Commission into child abuse was told the Australian Catholic church had paid A$276 million in compensation to thousands of victims since 1980. Read more

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