Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a national apology Monday on behalf of the government to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse — the first such official statement since a major report last year showed the problem was rampant in Australia.
"Today, as a nation, we confront our failure to listen, to believe, and to provide justice," he said to an audience of hundreds of survivors in Canberra. "We say sorry. To the children we failed, sorry. To the parents whose trust was betrayed and who have struggled to pick up the pieces, sorry."
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/659400452/australian-prime-minister-apologizes-to-victims-of-institutional-child-sex-abuse
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/659400452/australian-prime-minister-apologizes-to-victims-of-institutional-child-sex-abuse
