BRENDAN TREMBATH: The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to
Child Sex Abuse has begun its hearings into the St Joseph's Neerkol
Orphanage near Rockhampton. Sitting in the central Queensland
city for the next fortnight, the commission will hear more than a dozen
abuse victims describe their brutal treatment at the hands of priests,
nuns and orphanage workers.
The commission will examine how the
Catholic Church, the Sisters of Mercy Order and the Queensland
government responded to the abuse allegations.
