AUSTRALIA
The Chronicle
Chris Calcino 22nd Feb 2014
“SHE still has dreams. We hear her calling out, ‘stop it, leave me alone,’ in her sleep.”
The father of a girl who was repeatedly molested by pedophile teacher Gerard Byrnes has spoken about the culture of lies he blames for the cruelty endured by his young daughter.
The girl, who can only be referred to as KF, was in Grade 4 when Byrnes first began sexually abusing her in the classroom.
Her father, referred to here as Michael (not his real name), said the abuse continued when Byrnes was rehired after a month-long resignation in 2008.
“When it all came out, she told us that when he was re-employed as a substitute teacher he started molesting her again on his first day back,” he said.
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