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Nine Survivors of Child Sex Abuse Tell Their Horrifying but Important Stories

By Eoin Blackwell
Huffongton Post
August 24, 2016

http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/08/23/nine-survivors-of-child-sex-abuse-committed-by-trusted-carers-gi/

[with videos]

(Warning: some of this material is confronting and disturbing. If the stories cause you sadness or distress and you need help, you can access support services here.)

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual abuse has for the first time published nine audio accounts of survivors' experiences, in a move it hopes will bolster community understanding of abuse.

The nine private session stories tell of abuse that occurred in schools, children's homes, state-run institutions and Aboriginal missions from the 1950's to the 2000's.

The Commission said the stories are accurate summaries of what was said in the private sessions, however names have been changed to protect the identity of the survivors, and actors have been used in the recordings.

Commissioners have now heard more than 5,500 stories in private sessions.

Commission CEO Philip Reed said the stories promote community awareness of the impacts of child sexual abuse, while protecting the privacy of private session attendees.

 

 

 

 

 




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