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14 April 2017

They had nowhere to hide': abuse survivors praise commission for shaking institutions

Anthony Foster, an outspoken advocate for child sexual abuse victims and survivors, noticed a glaring absence from the hearing rooms during the final week of the child sexual abuse royal commission.
“There has not been one representative from one religious institution present,” says Foster, whose daughters Emma and Katie were sexually abused by a Catholic priest. “Not one. And all of the survivors have noticed it.”

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/apr/01/nowhere-to-hide-abuse-survivors-praise-commission-shaking-institutions