The Seventh-day Adventist Church has responded to recent adjustments to the child protection framework in some Australian states.
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Adsafe has been working closely with the National Redress Scheme Taskforce towards the Church and all its relevant entities joining the scheme.
"Such instances of abuse are intolerable and inexcusable, and to those survivors of such abuse we are sorry."
"[The Church is] a very redemptive community who lacks compassion." Pastor Glenn Townend reflects on this confronting thought.
The scheme was set up in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse as a way of acknowledging and supporting survivors.
"Our children and vulnerable people, more than ever, need our Church community to surround and support them."
Ann Wooldridge has been appointed the new leader of AdSAFE—the independent agency responsible for creating safer environments for children and vulnerable adults in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has established a new redress scheme aimed at assisting survivors of sexual abuse.
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