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===Australian sex abuse cases===

From the 1940 to the 1970s the Salvation Army in Australia sheltered approximately 30,000 children.
Children were sent to Salvation Army Orphanages and farms across Australia, and to Juvenile Detention Centres from Children's Court.<ref>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/salvation-army-says-sorry-for-abuse-20101207-18o2c.html</ref> <ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-11/salvos-failed-to-report-abuse/4624494</ref> <ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/364431.stm</ref>

In 2006 the Australian Salvation Army acknowledged that sexual abuse may have occurred during this time and issued an apology. In it, the Army explicitly rejected a claim, made by a party unnamed in the apology, that there were as many as 500 potential claimants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/media/statements/2006_child_abuse.asp|title=The Salvation Army’s response to child abuse allegations|publisher=The Salvation Army|date=1 August 2006|accessdate=15 March 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

In 2010 the Salvation Army made an apology in Canberra.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abozaaTggac</ref>

In 2012 the Victorian Government Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Institutions in Victoria looked into the systemic non-reporting of crimes, and the reasons why this had happened, and continues to occur.

The Salvation Army submission and subsequent testimony before the Inquiry.<ref>http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/fcdc/article/1786</ref>

The Age Newspaper reported 474 Settlements in Victoria for cases of Child Abuse for $15 million, without a single report being made to the Police. <ref>http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-national/salvo-abuse-claims-dealt-with-privately-20130411-2hn4m.html </ref>

The Australian Royal Commission into Child Sex Abuse is currently registering people to submit testimony, survivors of abuse by the Salvation Army in Australia are invited to contribute.<ref>http://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx</ref>

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