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20 February 2017

Catholic Church schools and homes with the most child abuse claims revealed

The Catholic Church has released numbers on how many child sexual abuse claims have been made against staff from their religious schools and orphanages, showing one home for boys faced 219 accusations.
The church identified 28 institutions that had 20 or more claims of child sexual abuse. You can search the data below. The highest number of claims came from BoysTown at Beaudesert in Queensland, with 219 claims levelled at Catholic Church members working at the children's home.

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-16/catholic-schools-with-highest-number-of-child-sex-abuse-claims/8277360