AUSTRALIA
Herald Sun
KATHRYN POWLEY, Herald Sun
June 7, 2017
ANTHONY Foster, a man who tirelessly spoke up for those with no voice and who comforted countless families in pain, has been farewelled at an emotional state funeral.
Mr Foster, 64, was remembered as a passionate and committed advocate for victims of child sexual abuse.
All who paid tribute to Mr Foster at his funeral at the Melbourne Recital Centre spoke of the powerful voice he and wife Christie developed as they fought for justice for survivors, including for their own daughters, Emma and Katie, who were childhood victims of prolific paedophile priest Father Kevin O’Donnell.
Sadly daughter Emma died of suicide aged 26 and Katie was disabled after being hit by a drunk driver in 1999.
Mr and Mrs Foster were instrumental in bringing about the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and their work to expose abuse in the church led to the Victorian Parliamentary Inquiry into the Handling of Child Abuse by Religious and Other Organisations.
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