New Zealand inquiry finds 256,000 children and adults abused in state and faith-based care
Wellington, New ZealandReuters Up to a quarter of a million children, young people and vulnerable adults were abused in New Zealand’s faith-based and state care institutions in the past several decades, a public inquiry revealed on Wednesday. An interim report by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into historic abuse of children in state care estimated […]
New Zealand public hearings highlight dark history of child abuse
Wellington, New ZealandReuters Public hearings in New Zealand on abuse of young people in state and faith-based care have exposed a horrific history of neglect and exploitation as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern seeks to make the country the best place in the world to be a child. Ardern last year announced a Royal Commission of […]