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29 May 2015

Ballarat sexual abuse victims to tell royal commission suicide rate is 'higher than road toll'

Survivors of sexual abuse by some members of the Catholic clergy in Ballarat say the region's suicide rate is "through the roof", in part because of the area's toxic legacy of child molestation.
The Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse will move to the regional Victorian city for hearings today.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-18/royal-commission-into-child-abuse-to-start-hearings-in-ballarat/6477132