AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
ANNE MATHER MERCURY SEPTEMBER 07, 2013
TASMANIANS who experienced childhood sexual abuse in an institution will have their chance to speak privately before a royal commission next week.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will be holding private sessions in Tasmania from Tuesday.
A Tasmanian advocate for the sexually abused has reassured victims that the royal commission is a compassionate and supportive process.
Beyond Abuse spokesman Steve Fisher said the private sessions being run by the royal commission were a world away from facing a court or church tribunal.
“These are designed to ensure people are not re-traumatised,” he said.
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