Ballarat child sex abuse survivor seeks to inspire hope through photography

AUSTRALIA
ABC News

By Sue Peacock

Thousands of photographs captured on a smartphone are at the centre of a new exhibition in Ballarat documenting one child abuse survivor’s path to healing.

Peter Blenkiron’s photographs are on show at the Art Gallery of Ballarat alongside video diaries and a documentary film about his story of abuse at the hands of Christian Brothers.

Blenkiron is seeking healing from the debilitating legacy of abuse that was inflicted on him as an 11-year-old by a St Patrick’s College Christian Brother.

He says he wants the exhibition to inspire hope in other abuse survivors.

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