Abuse at Salvation Army homes

ABUSE AT SALVATION ARMY HOMES IN SA, VICTORIA & WA:

Eden Park, SA:

Graham Rundle was bashed and abused more than 200 times by both staff and other boys. Another victim described the home as a "hell hole" where going to bed was a terrifying experience with boys regularly taken away to bathrooms to be abused.

Box Hill, Victoria:

Actor Jack Charles was bashed, sexually abused and regarded as an "item of interest" because he was the only Aboriginal boy in the home. He told how one staff member abused him at least 20 times.

Nedlands, WA:

A woman who spent three years at the home from 1969 said she was beaten, humiliated and sexually abused. In one instance she was thrown into a slop bin used to hold food for pigs.