AUSTRALIA
the West Australian
For almost 40 years, Troy Treneman has tried to forget the horrific events that robbed him of a childhood.
All he has to remind him of a time of innocence is a primary school photo published on the front page of Melbourne newspapers in early 1976, showing him with a beaming grin, blond bowl haircut and neatly pressed shirt under the headline “Vanished”.
By the time Victorian police raised the alarm about the missing eight-year-old, Mr Treneman says he was already “damaged” – the victim of brazen child sex abuse at the hands of a female teacher who lured him away on the pretence of a “holiday treat” on a farm.
Only now – more than 20 years after he came to start a new life in WA and put the trauma behind him – is he trying to face his demons.
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