AUSTRALIA
Bendigo Advertiser
Melissa Cunningham
May 18, 2016
Corey Artz made a harrowing journey back to his hometown with one purpose: To end the cycle of child sexual abuse which has crippled Ballarat and protect future generations of children.
His visit follows the reignition of the debate about whether abuse victims are at risk of becoming abusers.
While experts argue it is a rare exception, Mr Artz’s abuser David Ridsdale was himself an abuse victim.
Mr Artz has returned to Ballarat a broken man, vindicated by the truth.
He is now calling on the man who abused him, high profile Ballarat clergy sexual abuse victim David Ridsdale, to be equally open about what happened.
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