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23 January 2015

Royal Commission: Survivors flee hearing in tears

“Let the little children come to me; do not stop them: for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs”. At these opening words from the Bible, spoken by the Catholic Church’s barrister Peter Gray, SC, the hearing room at the royal commission into child sexual abuse erupted in anguish and anger.
Some cried out: “What an insult”, “What a joke” and “Good Lord”. Some walked out. Outside the room, sobbing and wailing could be heard.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/royal-commission-survivors-flee-hearing-in-tears-20131209-2z0ru.html