There has been a spike in Canberra churchgoers seeking
child protection training following royal commission revelations of past
Australian child sex abuse.
The Royal Commission into
Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has uncovered horrific
cases of abuse and failures to report attackers across the country. Assistant
bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn Matt Brain said
it had led to a surge in interest in child protection training in the
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