The report was the culmination of a five-year inquiry into institutional responses to child sexual abuse and related matters. On 15 December 2017, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse presented its Final Report to the Governor-General. Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services (screenshot Channel 10 The Project) > Jehovah’s Witnesses put on notice by Australian Government Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Senator the Hon. The Jehovah’s Witnesses institution is the only national institution in Australia that has refused to join the National Redress Scheme which was set up to pay compensation to victims of institutional child sexual abuse. The Say Sorry submission also makes a number of general recommendations for all institutions that may not join the Scheme, and some tailored recommendations towards redress for child sexual abuse victims from within the Jehovah’s Witnesses institution. Our most recent submission to the Australian Government requested that the government hold the Jehovah’s Witnesses institution to account for refusing to join the National Redress Scheme, for failing to comply with mandatory child protection laws, and for having the most shocking member statistics of child sexual abuse for any institution in Australia. The Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Jehovah’s Witnesses institution “are essentially abuse deniers” and as such need to be held to account by all levels of Government. Our ongoing concern during this period has been that the leaders of the Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse to accept the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, refuse to meet with victim groups, refuse to comply with mandatory child protection laws, refuse to join the National Redress Scheme, and refuse to say sorry. UPDATE: Shortly after the publishing of this article, and prior to the deadline of 30 June 2020 for joining the National Redress Scheme, the Jehovah’s Witnesses institution informed the Australian Government that they will not be joining the Scheme.įor the last few years Say Sorry has regularly given testimony, evidence, and made submissions to the Australian Government in relation to what we anticipated would be the refusal of the Jehovah’s Witnesses institution to join the National Redress Scheme. Say Sorry’s submission to the Australian Government
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