AUSTRALIA
ABC News
by Melinda James
Rob lived with the secret of the sexual abuse he’d suffered at the hands of a Wollongong priest for decades.
In the early 1980s he was just a small boy, aged around 7 or 8.
“I used to go into the church to find solace. At that time we were allowed to go whenever we wanted to into the church. So I used to find solace, just going and sitting and praying. I guess I was a bit of a spiritual kid,” he said.
He says he used to light a candle and just sit quietly.
“While I was there, the priest come up and talk to me and wanted to know about me and why I was sitting there and why I felt safe in the church,” said Rob.
“Then he took me into one of the rooms at one time and that’s where the abuse occurred.”
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