Abuse-in-care survivors are looking forward to next month’s apology from government leaders for the suffering they have endured. The apology is one thing. But some advocates say there are survivors who are expecting unrealistic payouts. Apology Erica Stanford, the minister leading the government response to the inquiry, has announced a Parliamentary apology on November 12 Read more
Child sex abuse survivors are angry about the huge sums earned by professionals involved in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. The Daily Record says it found the judge who chaired the inquiry for seven years was paid the same amount for two weeks’ work as some survivors received in compensation for a lifetime of suffering. Read more
The Solicitor-General has fronted up to the Abuse in Care inquiry, telling the Commissioners she was there to explain the Crown’s role but not to necessarily defend it. In evidence from survivors given to the Royal Commission last month there was often criticism of the Crown’s tactics. “Tactics is a word that I perhaps wouldn’t Read more
A man who was abused while in state care has ridiculed apologies given to him by a Crown witness at the Inquiry into Abuse in Care. Continue reading
A man who has battled for 15 years with the St John of God Catholic order and two Government ministries over compensation for the sexual and physical abuse he suffered has described his life as a “horror movie”. Continue reading
Paul Beale spent more than 40 years of his life as a patient in care. The treatment he received has been outlined to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission on Inquiry. Beale, who is 69, was first admitted as a patient at the Kimberley Centre, near Levin at the age of 10 and spent 44 Read more
A six-year-old boy who couldn’t spell cat and didn’t know his last name was sent to an institution where he was put to work and abused for the next 13 years. Intellectual disabilities support organisation IHC will give evidence on behalf of the man, who died in 2006, as the Abuse in Care Royal Commission Read more
The struggles of a man who was taken into state care as a young boy were relayed to the Abuse in Care inquiry in Auckland today. Chassy Duncan, 31, spoke to the Royal Commission via an audiovisual link in the Falkland Islands. He is currently in prison in Port Stanley along with two other fishers Read more
A man has given a harrowing account of the consequences to his life after going into state care in the 1970s. Earl White, which is a pseudonym to protect his identity, gave evidence to the Abuse in Care Royal Commission sitting in Auckland on Thursday. White was physically abused by his father and step-father before Read more