AUSTRALIA
SBS
By Rhiannon Elston
Source World News Australia
Jay was just ten years old when it started. First, it was a stranger who abused him. Then the stranger became a family friend, and others followed.
Terrified and wracked with shame, Jay didn’t breathe a word of what happened to anyone for over 25 years. Even today, after years of counselling, he hesitates to say the words.
“I was [a victim of] a paedophile network in the 80s and I was offended by at least ten offenders that I can remember,” he says.
Now in his early 40s, Jay — who asked for his last name not to be published — believes he may never truly “get over” what happened, but he is finding ways to cope.
“I have gone to the police, and people are in jail because of me coming forward.”
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