Stormont must start planning a "redress scheme" for
victims of child sex abuse - including those preyed on by paedophile
priests such as Fr Brendan Smyth and others assaulted in Kincora Boys'
Home, an international expert has warned.
In Australia and Canada, ex-gratia payments are being made to survivors of child abuse who are now adults. In Canada it is £28,500 and in Australia it is an average of £14,400.http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/stop-dithering-and-give-child-abuse-victims-proper-redress-expert-urges-mlas-31313470.html