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REVEALED: Tas abuse inquiry prompts public forums - The Real Truth

Health secretary Kathrine Morgan-Wicks announced community forums in the wake of harrowing evidence. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Tasmania's health department will hold community forums as it aims to rebuild trust after harrowing accounts of child sexual abuse and systemic failures were heard at a commission of inquiry.

The inquiry, which is examining abuse allegations across the state's public service, has been told of a series of "catastrophic" failures in relation to former Launceston General Hospital nurse James Geoffrey Griffin.

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