AUSTRALIA
The Australian
[with video]
Dan Box
From: The Australian
September 16, 2013
A WITNESS has told the royal commission into child sex abuse how he felt “dirty, belittled and confused” when as a 12-year-old he was sexually assaulted by then Scouts leader Steve “Skip” Larkins.
He is one of three unnamed victims giving evidence at the first public hearing in Sydney today of the royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse. The commission is considering the “case study” of Larkins, a former Scouts leader from the NSW Hunter Valley who was recently convicted of child abuse.
Known as AA, the victim told of the ongoing impact of the experience, which he did not speak about until he was 20.
“I would burst into tears for no reason. Once I was in a car with my mum talking about TAFE and I just started crying.”
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