AUSTRALIA
The Courier
By FIONA HENDERSON April 3, 2014
AFTER Professor Caroline Taylor spoke at a sexual abuse forum in Ballarat on Wednesday, a woman from the 75-strong audience approached her.
“Every parish and every priest in Australia should hear this,” the woman said.
Another attendee – the mother of two clergy sexual abuse victims – also said she left the forum “feeling so much better”.
“I can’t thank you enough. I just wish my two sons were here too,” the woman said.
Professor Taylor, a world renowned sexual abuse expert, said it was this emotion she hoped would propel Ballarat to support victims and their families into the future.
“You could feel a sense of energy in the room,” she said.
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