Homes & Orphanages Claims

Homes & Orphanages Claims  

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has found that 41.6% of sexual abuse occurred in institutions dealing with out-of-home care such as homes and orphanages. This figure comes after five years of investigations, witness accounts and more than 8,000 private sessions with survivors. We have helped many of those survivors get justice. 

Some of the common symptoms of abuse related conditions are:

• Anxiety and Depression

• Dissociation

• PTSD

• Drug or Alcohol Dependency

• Isolation and Pain

The Royal Commission has identified the following institutions as being some of the worst in this category:

• Bayswater Boys’ Home

• Bexley Boys’ Home

• St Joseph’s Home (Neerkol Orphanage)

• The Parramatta Girls Training School

• Westbrook Training Centre

• St Vincent’s, Nudgee

• Cheltenham Residential Training Centre

• Adelaide Walker Home, Strathfield

• Hillston - Stoneville, Western Australia

• McCall Centre - Perth, Western Australia

• St Mary’s Agricultural School (Tardun Farm School)

• Wanslea Children’s Home/Wanslea Hostel (Wanslea)

• Minali Reception and Assessment Centre

• Warminda Cottage/Warminda Hostel

• Allambie Reception Centre

If you were in particular under the care of a state government child welfare department as a state ward and placed in a home or orphanage as a child anywhere in Australia and someone there inappropriately touched you, sexually and/or physically assaulted you, you may be entitled to a range of benefits and compensation.

We are Experts in this Field

The vast majority of these claims are managed privately and without the need of a court process.

Private and Confidential

Abuse claims are private and confidential unless you want publicity. Usually, there is no need to include your family members or friends in the process.