AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
October 23, 2015
Rachel Browne
Social Affairs Reporter
A woman who alleges she was a child victim of the paedophile ring named by Liberal senator Bill Heffernan said she had repeatedly reported the abuse to authorities but no action had been taken.
Speaking outside the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, Fiona Barnett called on the authorities to investigate the alleged ring, which she believes is still operating.
Ms Barnett alleged the ring involved hundreds of perpetrators, including a political elte, such as a former governor-general and a former education minister, but she did not name them.
“Throughout my childhood I was a victim of Australia’s VIP child sex trafficking ring,” she said.
“The people involved in this elite paedophile ring included high-ranking politicians, police and judiciary.”
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