AUSTRALIA
The Examiner
By CALLA WAHLQUIST
Nov. 14, 2012
FOUR per cent of the victims who accessed a Northern sexual assault support service last year said they were abused by an authority figure outside their family.
Laurel House manager Marg Dean said child sexual abuse that took place in an institution, such as a church or a school, was the third most common story counsellors at the Launceston-based service heard.
According to the service’s latest annual report, 31 per cent of clients said they were abused by a family member, and 29 per cent named a friend or acquaintance.
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