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30 November 2015

Was there a sign above your head saying 'come and get me'?

A young girl who was sexually abused by a paedophile priest, after already suffering abuse at the hands of a family member, was later asked by police if she was "wearing a neon sign above your head saying 'come and get me'," the royal commission has heard.
Julie Stewart told the child abuse royal commission that she was nine years old when Doveton parish priest Peter Searson forced her to sit on his lap during confession and indecently assaulted her.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/sex-abuse-commission-was-there-a-sign-above-your-head-saying-come-and-get-me-20151125-gl7f5p.html