Orphan beaten after trying to report sex abuse by priest

A former resident of an infamous central Queensland orphanage has said she tried to blow the whistle on sexual abuse she suffered while in care but was ignored by authorities.
The royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse sitting in Rockhampton has heard that sadistic punishments and sexual abuse were rife at St Joseph’s Neerkol orphanage, which was run by the Sisters of Mercy from 1885 and 1978.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/15/orphan-beaten-after-trying-to-report-sex-abuse-by-priest-royal-commission-hears