Silence Is Not Golden, These Terrible Stories Must Be Told

By Patrick Carlyon
The Australian
April 3, 2013

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/silence-is-not-golden-these-terrible-stories-must-be-told/story-e6frg6n6-1226612039453

IT was the start of the end of the silence, and wasn't it a racket?

Yet officially at least, the "survivors" of child sex abuse who have waited decades to be unburdened of their stories must wait a little longer.

Inside the Royal Commission, where the hands on the wall clock were missing, chair Justice Peter McClellan announced that evidence was unlikely to start being heard in public until October.

Outside the County Court, however, where trams tinkled and the wind bit, some survivors rushed to tell their secrets now.

They wore bright scarves and waved placards. Hearty greetings and outbreaks of laughter disguised a united grief.