AUSTRALIA
Gympie Times
Jessica Grewal 8th Feb 2014
THE man with the walking stick is hovering in the hall of Sydney’s Governor Macquarie Tower, resisting his wife’s attempts to coax him into the hearing room.
It’s been a long time since he has been in the company of Salvation Army uniforms and the prospect of spending the next few hours stuck with them on the 17th floor, is less than appealing.
Inside, there is nervous laughter, tears and warm greetings, as scores of grey-haired men and women, many of whom have travelled from other sides of the country, file through a door bearing the motif of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Hearing aids are adjusted and some move closer to get a better seat – they’ve waited decades for this moment and they don’t want to miss a word.
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