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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Anglicare asked to review procedures after royal commission finds it failed to report sexual assault

Disability royal commission chair Ronald Sackville.
Disability royal commission chair Ronald Sackville. A report by the commission found Anglicare needed to review its approach to allegations of sexual abuse. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

Anglicare has been urged to immediately review its response to allegations of sexual abuse after a royal commission found it failed to report a woman’s assault to police and did not undertake a proper investigation.

The disability royal commission heard last April that Niky* – who lives with a developmental disability – was sexually assaulted by another person with a disability at an Anglicare respite centre in Queensland in 2018.

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