Churches, schools and hospitals could be held criminally liable for
child sexual abuse perpetrated by people linked to them, according to a
report before a royal commission.
The president of the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Justice Peter McClellan, flagged on Wednesday that the commission was considering a report which discusses whether an institution should be held criminally liable "for the sexual abuse committed by a person associated with that institution."
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/churches-schools-could-be-held-criminally-liable-for-abuse-report-20150715-gicsqu.html
The president of the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Justice Peter McClellan, flagged on Wednesday that the commission was considering a report which discusses whether an institution should be held criminally liable "for the sexual abuse committed by a person associated with that institution."
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/churches-schools-could-be-held-criminally-liable-for-abuse-report-20150715-gicsqu.html