AUSTRALIA
Otago Daily Times
Child sex abuse survivors have called on Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to commit to a national redress scheme.
The group from ballarat in Victoria arrived home today after a crowd-funded trip to Rome to witness Australia’s Cardinal George Pell give evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
“A lot of people might think this is the end of our journey. It’s not,” abuse survivor Andrew Collins told reporters at Melbourne Airport.
He said clerical abuse in Ballarat – including that by Australia’s worst pedophile priest, Gerard Ridsdale – and its long-term effects on victims highlighted the importance of supporting survivors.
“We call on the Turnbull government to put into place the redress scheme that the royal commission has put forward,” Mr Collins said.
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