<p class="title rtejustify">Scouts Australia on Friday apologised "unreservedly" to children who were sexually abused during their time with the organisation, saying it had failed them.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The apology followed a five-year royal commission, which concluded in late 2017, detailing thousands of harrowing child sex abuse cases involving Australian churches, orphanages, sporting clubs, youth groups and schools over decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We apologise unreservedly to those who suffered abuse during their time in scouting," Scouts Australia chief commissioner Philip Harrison said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We failed you and we apologise for the pain that this has caused."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The youth group is among several organisations that have joined a national redress scheme to support victims with counselling, psychological care and financial payments.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Harrison said Scouts Australia had "learned a great deal" from listening to sexual abuse survivors and the royal commission, after previously "not listening when some of you shared your stories with adults in scouting who you trusted".</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The association, which has operated in Australia for more than a century, said it has adopted a comprehensive national child protection policy which is continually reviewed.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The royal commission found Australian institutions "seriously failed" children in their care with tens of thousands sexually assaulted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">More than 15,000 survivors detailing their claims, some decades-old, with over 4,000 institutions accused of abuse.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is due to deliver a national apology to abuse victims on October 22.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">Scouts Australia on Friday apologised "unreservedly" to children who were sexually abused during their time with the organisation, saying it had failed them.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The apology followed a five-year royal commission, which concluded in late 2017, detailing thousands of harrowing child sex abuse cases involving Australian churches, orphanages, sporting clubs, youth groups and schools over decades.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We apologise unreservedly to those who suffered abuse during their time in scouting," Scouts Australia chief commissioner Philip Harrison said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"We failed you and we apologise for the pain that this has caused."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The youth group is among several organisations that have joined a national redress scheme to support victims with counselling, psychological care and financial payments.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Harrison said Scouts Australia had "learned a great deal" from listening to sexual abuse survivors and the royal commission, after previously "not listening when some of you shared your stories with adults in scouting who you trusted".</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The association, which has operated in Australia for more than a century, said it has adopted a comprehensive national child protection policy which is continually reviewed.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The royal commission found Australian institutions "seriously failed" children in their care with tens of thousands sexually assaulted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">More than 15,000 survivors detailing their claims, some decades-old, with over 4,000 institutions accused of abuse.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is due to deliver a national apology to abuse victims on October 22.</p>