Hunter people knew in their bones a royal commission was needed

FOUR or five years ago it was common for people to ask me a question, given the amount being written at the time about institutional child sexual abuse in the Hunter region, and particularly the Catholic Church.
Was the Hunter region the worst place in Australia for child sex abuse in churches? My answer, before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was established in November, 2012, was always the same.

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