AUSTRALIA
ABC News
by state political reporter Peta Carlyon
A handful of abuse victims stood on the steps of Parliament holding red signs calling on Cardinal Pell to tell the truth.
Valda Hogan, 66, and her brother were both victims of abuse.
Ms Hogan was abused in church and state-run orphanages and was 50-years-old before she learned to read or write.
She used to draw pictures to express her feelings
She had at least one child, a daughter, to an abuser and put her up for adoption.
“It’s disgusting, degrading, deceitful and dishonest,” Ms Hogan said of the church’s response to complaints of child abuse.
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