WHEN Joan Isaacs told her parish priest she was being sexually abused, he advised the then teenager to “find a man her own age”.
Aged
just 15 and full of shame and fear, the young Joan bravely revealed the
months of grooming and sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of
local priest Francis Edward Derriman. But despite reporting it, nothing happened, then there was silence — and lots of it.http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/joan-isaacs-catholic-abuse-victims-book-to-prey-and-to-silence-warns-about-dangers-of-grooming/news-story/47518965cfc9ca797abce364e087ec92