David Owen was born after his 12-year-old mother was raped, was
offered for adoption in a newspaper advertisement, and was physically,
sexually and emotionally assaulted for years at an isolated orphanage
run by the Catholic Sisters of Mercy.
This week, at the age of 76, he will tell the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse what it is like to live your life with the "stain on your brain" of being abused almost from the day you were born, the Newcastle Herald reports.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/stain-on-my-brain-david-owen-to-tell-royal-commission-of-life-of-abuse-20150414-1mkg25.html
This week, at the age of 76, he will tell the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse what it is like to live your life with the "stain on your brain" of being abused almost from the day you were born, the Newcastle Herald reports.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/stain-on-my-brain-david-owen-to-tell-royal-commission-of-life-of-abuse-20150414-1mkg25.html