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Submissions for a parliamentary inquiry, which will look into how the church handled abuse allegations, close this week. Stephen Woods is calling on other victims to come forward.
Stephen Woods talks about the abuse he encountered from the age of 11 as freely and openly as he would discuss his first car or where he grew up.
Abused by two Christian Brothers and a priest while attending Ballarat’s St Alipius Christian Brothers School and St Patrick’s College, he says it’s just part of his history.
“This was not my fault, that was one of the things I had to decide years ago.”
In April this year, the Victorian Government announced a parliamentary inquiry into the handling of alleged criminal abuse of children by religious and other organisations.
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