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William Ton and Cassandra Morgan

Societal norms led to kids being abused with impunity

A board of inquiry is investigating child sexual abuse at 23 Victorian public primary schools. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

Children were being sexually abused with impunity in the mid-20th century because of social norms and the "invisibility" of the issue, an inquiry into child sexual abuse in schools has been told.

An independent board of inquiry is investigating historical child sexual abuse at 23 public primary schools following allegations surrounding Beaumaris Primary School in Melbourne in the 1960s and 1970s.

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