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Goal: Demand financial compensation and mental health aid for victims of abuse in state-run hospitals and orphanages.
Over 250,000 children and minors suffered years of abuse at the hands of hospital and orphanage staff members, according to a report released by New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry. The children, who ranged in age between nine months and 17 years, were placed in psychiatric facilities, care homes, and religiously-affiliated orphanages and hospitals from the 1960s to the early 21st century. There, many were subjected to sexual assault, rape, torture, and racial and verbal abuse from the staff entrusted with their care.
Particularly vulnerable were children from New Zealand’s Indigenous Māori groups. The Commission found that as much as 81% of the victims were Māori, who were targeted by clergy and other staff in an effort to strip them of their cultural identity through systematic abuse.
QUOTES-Reactions to New Zealand inquiry into historic abuse of children Reuters 12/16/2020
Dec 16 (Reuters) - Here are some reactions from church figures, NGOs and political leaders to New Zealand s Royal Commission of Inquiry report on historic abuse of children in state and faith-based institutions that estimated that up to quarter of a million people were abused between 1950 and 2019.
NEW ZEALAND CATHOLIC BISHOPS CONFERENCE COMMISSION RESPONSE CHAIR CATHERINE FYFE: These reports will contain much important information and guidance that follow on from what survivors have told the Commissioners about their experiences.
ARCHBISHOP OF WELLINGTON, CARDINAL JOHN DEW: We want the events of the past to be examined transparently and openly. We are deeply sorry for the harm caused to so many by the abuse they suffered, and we continue to express our profound sorrow.
Quotes from victims cited in New Zealand s inquiry into child abuse reuters.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from reuters.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.