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20 June 2015

Stop dithering and give child abuse victims proper redress, expert urges MLAs

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