AUSTRALIA
The New Daily
Kaitlyn Offer
High-profile child sex abuse victims advocate Anthony Foster will be honoured with a state funeral.
Mr Foster’s wife, Chrissie, was on Sunday offered the service to commemorate a man who “quietly and profoundly changed Australian history” and she accepted, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said in a statement.
Mr Foster, 64, died on Friday, reportedly after a major stroke.
Anthony Foster and wife Chrissie spent years battling for justice for their abused daughters.He became a relentless advocate after his daughters, Emma and Katie, were raped by notorious abuser and pedophile Father Kevin O’Donnell at their Melbourne primary school in the suburb of Oakleigh between 1988 and 1993.
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