AUSTRALIA
ABC News
By Thomas Oriti
A year away from its final report, the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has begun the process of re-examining some of the institutions it has scrutinised over the past three years.
The inquiry has been especially challenging for thousands of victims, many of whom have had to reveal their experiences to a public gallery and the nation.
But with the final months of public hearings underway, victim Peter Gogarty is confident the process will have a lasting impact.
“People that I would never have thought would approach me to talk about this topic now do,” he said.
“I think the work of the commission in just making it OK to talk about this, and in highlighting how horrendous it’s been, that’s been a wonderful gift to our community and to our future children.”
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