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23 October 2018

Sisters reunite as Australia says sorry to survivors of child sexual abuse

As Josephine Littlehawk stands on the forecourt outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, a light wind blows her long, greying locks across her face. Her sister Katie Kellegher gently brushes them aside. This is all so new. These two sisters have not seen each other, touched each other, or spoken together for more than 40 years. "We don't really know each other," Kellegher says with a surprised laugh. "Don't we?" Littlehawk says. And her sister nods in agreement. Yes. Somehow, deep down, they do.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/108025605/sisters-reunite-as-australia-says-sorry-to-survivors-of-child-sexual-abuse