AUSTRALIA
ABC News
An advocate for victims of child sexual abuse says a community-wide approach is needed to deal with the ramifications of the abuse revelations.
Dr Cathy Kezelman, president of the Adults Surviving Child Abuse organisation, said the community needed to gain an understanding of the lasting impacts trauma could have on child abuse victims.
Today, Newcastle Anglican bishop Greg Thompson revealed he also was a victim of child sexual abuse.
Bishop Thompson told 1233 ABC Newcastle that as an Anglican bishop and a survivor, he was on his own personal healing journey.
Over the weekend, the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle in New South Wales moved to issue a formal apology to local people abused by members of the clergy.
“It sends a strong message that we are recognising, we have recognised the great harm. We are working on it, but [it] also enables survivors to come forward themselves,” Bishop Thompson said.
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