UNITED KINGDOM
Mirror
July 21, 2018
By Alan Selby and Amy Sharpe
They broke anonymity to get a change in the law that robs them of closure
All these women were sexually abused in their childhood homes by the very people they should have been able to trust.
They grew up with no safety or security, robbed of their innocence by those who should have loved and cared for them.
Today these fragile survivors waive their anonymity and stand together to fight for a change in the law that robs them of compensation and closure.
While the monsters responsible have mostly been brought to justice, these women say they are now being victimised all over again.
Under the absurd so-called Same Roof Rule, victims who lived with and were abused by their attacker up until 1979 are not entitled to compensation.
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