Victims of child sexual abuse will give evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Canberra this week.
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A further round of private sessions with commissioners will begin on Wednesday, alongside similar hearings in Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Darwin in October.
Royal commission chief executive Janette Dines said the private sessions, which began nationally in May, would serve as an opportunity for people affected by historic sexual abuse to tell their story.
''We know that for many of the victims sharing their story with the commission is very hard,'' Ms Vines said. ''But, equally, the opportunity to tell their story has proved beneficial for many.
''This is a chance for people in the Australian Capital Territory affected by child sexual abuse in an
institution to tell a commissioner what happened to them.''
Ms Dines said further Canberra hearings for victims, family members and witnesses to sexual abuse were planned for coming months.
''The royal commission will offer 1000 private sessions before the end of this year and we will return to Canberra later in the year to hear from more people,'' she said.
''Private sessions are informal. No one from an institution will ever be present and what is said is kept in complete confidence.''
More than 20 people gave evidence to the royal commission during a week of hearings in Canberra in August.
On Tuesday, the royal commission also called for former residents of the North Coast Children's Home who suffered child sexual abuse to come forward and tell their story.
Abuse took place at the Lismore facility between the 1940s and 1980s, prompting a historic apology to victims last month from the Anglican Diocese of Grafton.
The commissioners are due to prepare an interim report for the government by June 30 next year.
More information on the Royal Commission is available at www.childabuseroyalcommission .gov.au