abc.net.au/news article: Child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-refers-1659-cases-to-police

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  AndersonsInfo

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-12/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-refers-1659-cases-to-police/7834972

  Child abuse royal commission: Police 'under pressure' after 1,659 cases flagged for investigation

  By Brad Ryan

  Posted Sun at 9:10 pm 11 Sep 2016

  Photo: Justice McClellan said many police investigations were underway. (AAP: Jeremy Piper, file photo)

  Map: Sydney 2000

  The royal commission into child sexual abuse has referred more than 1,500 matters to authorities, straining the resources of police forces around the country, one of its hearings has been told.
  

  Justice Peter McClellan, who chairs the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, told a hearing in Sydney that 1,659 matters had been passed on to police to consider for further investigation.
  

  Prosecutions have been brought against 71 people. READ MORE:

  http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-12/child-sexual-abuse-royal-commission-refers-1659-cases-to-police/7834972
  
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  Londo111

  I wish there was a list of cases broken down by organization.
  
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  Londo111

  Doublepost...
  
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  StarTrekAngel

  uuuuhh yeah!
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  steve2

  I look forward to the completion reports on each institution/organizations investigated when the commission's work is done.
  
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  Heaven

  Agree with Londo111. Would like to know how many of those are specific to the JW ARC case.

  From the article: "Commissioners have also met abuse survivors in 5,866 private sessions, with another 1,616 people yet to be seen."

  Wow. That is a lot of harm that's been done.
  
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  DATA-DOG

  You can't trust the media......

  DD