The national redress scheme for people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse was established by the federal government in 2018 following a recommendation by the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse.
Two men abused by George Pell in Ballarat in the 1970s, when Pell was a priest in the diocese, have been granted compensation by the federal government’s national redress scheme.
Two men abused by George Pell in 1970s granted compensation by the federal government Accounts of the two men were accepted by decision-maker of national redress scheme with $45,000 and $95,000 awarded respectively.
The national redress scheme for people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse has a lower standard: that the abuse was “reasonably likely”.
The ABC report documents the older victim told the redress scheme that he was a primary school student at St Francis Xavier primary school when he was raped in the school gymnasium after he had stolen Pell’s cardigan.
