AUSTRALIA
SBS
By David Liddle
Source NITV News
The Royal Commission will hold its final hearing for 2013 over the next two weeks, looking at the Catholic Church’s response to allegations of child sexual abuse within its institutions.
One Murri man, who identifies himself as ‘Paul’ from North Queensland, told NITV News about being adopted into a family where the father sexually abused him, inflicting injuries he still suffers today.
He bravely came forward to share his story with the Royal Commission, but says his voice was ignored.
“I told them what had happened, in more detail, and basically they said it’s not within their jurisdiction to investigate it. So, if they’ve got a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse, why isn’t it being investigated,” said Paul.
Paul says he was also ignored by the authorities in 2006.
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