Sex abuse royal commission: Salvation Army's response to child sexual abuse 'appalling', commission finds

The Salvation Army's failure to respond appropriately and compassionately to victims of child sexual abuse was "appalling", the Royal Commission has found. Though the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse heard more allegations against the Catholic Church than any other organisation, it was followed by the Anglican Church, the Salvation Army, the Uniting Church and others, including contemporary out-of-home care in which the commission identified persistent weaknesses and failures that exist today.