BALLARAT (AUSTRALIA)
The Courier
January 5, 2020
By Alex Ford
Since before the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, survivors and their supporters have called for a public, permanent acknowledgement and memorial to the people affected in Ballarat.
Several efforts have been made, and have stalled – it’s a complex issue, as while some survivors of clerical abuse want a prominent memorial, for others, it would bring back too many awful memories.
The colourful Loud Fence ribbons attached to many Ballarat institutions across town – from fire stations to primary schools to St Patrick’s Cathedral – remember the people affected by the abuse, including people who have since died.
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