Sunday, September 16, 2018

Anglican Church horrified over how redress scheme calculates payments to victims

From Austraila-

As preparations are made for next month's national apology to survivors, the Anglican Church of Australia says it is deeply disappointed with parts of the National Redress Scheme, describing it as unfair. 

Tasmania's Anglican Bishop, Richard Condie, said the final matrix — the framework used to determine a redress payment — wasn't as good as that recommended by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Bishop Condie said when the Anglican Church first saw the matrix, it was horrified, believing survivors would get less money and in some cases, nothing


The Royal Commission's recommended matrix consisted of 100 points — 40 points for the severity of the abuse, another 40 points for the severity of the impact of the abuse and 20 points for other circumstances, such as whether the child was in an orphanage. 

More here-

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-16/anglican-church-horrified-over-national-redress-calculations/10236812

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