AUSTRALIA
ABC – AM
TONY EASTLEY: A Victorian inquiry into sex abuse in institutions will be tabled in Parliament today.
It began last year, before the national Royal Commission into similar sorts of systemic failures and the Victorian inquiry has had a special focus on the central Victorian city of Ballarat, which has a long history of abuse in schools and children’s homes.
Some of those who’ve made submissions are thankful for the chance to tell their stories.
From Ballarat, Kate Stowell reports.
KATE STOWELL: After being abused in the 1950s, John says he’s had a lifetime of suffering the consequences.
JOHN: I’ve had a lot of issues with relationship problems, in particular workplace difficulties. It affects your whole life. It affects your decisions with your family, with your children, with your society. In every way, it affects your life forever.
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