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ABC – AM
Monday, May 12, 2014
CHRIS UHLMANN: Another Salvation Army officer has been accused of repeated child sexual assault.
The ABC has learned that the alleged perpetrator is a Salvation Army Major believed to be in his 80s who was not named by the Royal Commission hearings into child sexual abuse.
His alleged victims were the children of fellow officers.
One victim claims she reported her alleged rape and abuse almost 20 years ago but is yet to receive any formal response from the Salvation Army.
She spoke to Background Briefing’s Sarah Dingle.
And a warning, some listeners may find this story distressing.
SARAH DINGLE: The 49-year-old woman who we’ll call Bronte is a successful professional. She’s been involved with The Salvation Army literally since birth. Her teenage mother gave birth to her in a Salvation Army orphanage, and she was adopted by Salvation Army officers at just 10-days-old.
Around 1969, her parents and their best friends – also Salvation Army officers – went on a holiday in Victoria. Bronte was four.
BRONTE: Initially, the abuse started as him inserting his fingers into my genitals.
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