AUSTRALIA
ABC News
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The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has heard how a victim of sexual abuse felt scarred by the Catholic Church’s pastoral and redress scheme known as Towards Healing.
Transcript
MARK COLVIN: The Royal Commission into child sexual abuse has heard how a victim of sexual abuse felt enraged and scarred by the Catholic Church’s Towards Healing scheme.
The victim known as “DK” has recounted the abuse he suffered at the hands of three Marist Brothers at St Augustine’s in Cairns from 1976 to 1981.
The victim told the inquiry he believed senior Marist Brothers knew that he was being abused, condoned it and covered it up.
Emily Bourke reports.
EMILY BOURKE: The 49-year-old known as “DK” has detailed how three Marist Brothers abused him during his six years at Saint Augustine’s College in Cairns.
One of his abusers was Brother Ross Murrin, who was convicted in 2008 and 2010 for child sex offences committed at schools in Sydney.
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