The memo that erased a scandal

from Background Briefing · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Ballarat orphanage superintendent Hylton Sedgman was due to face nine child abuse charges. Buried in a 1964 file is the reason he never stood trial. Charlotte King investigates why.

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