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Australia sex abuse inquiry to focus on entertainment | Australia sex abuse inquiry to focus on entertainment |
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An Australian inquiry into institutional child sex abuse is to focus on the entertainment industry. | |
Philip Reed, the head of the Royal Commission, said anyone who has experience or knowledge of abuses should come forward. | Philip Reed, the head of the Royal Commission, said anyone who has experience or knowledge of abuses should come forward. |
It follows several high-profile convictions in Australia and abroad, including entertainer Rolf Harris. | It follows several high-profile convictions in Australia and abroad, including entertainer Rolf Harris. |
The commission is investigating how schools, churches and the government responded to child abuse cases. | The commission is investigating how schools, churches and the government responded to child abuse cases. |
It was set up following pressure from lawmakers amid police claims that the Roman Catholic Church had concealed evidence of paedophile priests. | It was set up following pressure from lawmakers amid police claims that the Roman Catholic Church had concealed evidence of paedophile priests. |
Television networks, production companies, casting agencies and other entertainment organisations will be put under the spotlight in the expanded inquiry. | Television networks, production companies, casting agencies and other entertainment organisations will be put under the spotlight in the expanded inquiry. |
Harris was jailed last year for indecent assaults against four girls, and sparked further fury when a British newspaper revealed he had written a song in jail calling his victims "slimy little woodworm". | |
He was prosecuted in Britain as part of Operation Yewtree, set up in the wake of revelations that television presenter Jimmy Savile was a prolific abuser. | He was prosecuted in Britain as part of Operation Yewtree, set up in the wake of revelations that television presenter Jimmy Savile was a prolific abuser. |
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