It has to be done.
NSW Supreme Court judge Peter McClellan has been appointed to head a royal commission into child sexual abuse
Prime Minister Julia Gillard made the announcement as she outlined the details of the inquiry, which was approved by Governor-General Quentin Bryce today.
''It is clear from what is already in the public domain that too many children were the subject of child sexual abuse in institutions,'' she said.
''And that too many adults who could have assisted them turned a blind eye so that they didn't get the help that they needed.''
She believed the nation needed to have this royal commission.
The inquiry will be expected to provide an interim report by the end of June 2014 and will wind up in December 2015.
Ms Gillard told reporters in Sydney the nation needed the royal commission because child sexual abuse in institutions was a ''hideous, shocking and vile crime'' and victims needed to be heard.
The Prime Minister said the royal commission would only focus on child sex abuse in institutional contexts.
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