AUSTRALIA
Now to Love
MAY 22, 2017
BY LORNA GRAY
A woman who was sexually abused when she was just 12 years old has broken her silence.
Lyndal was abused by housemaster Kevin Guy for eight months while boarding at the prestigious Toowoomba Prep, an Anglican Church private school.
Bravely speaking to 60 Minutes, Lyndal said:
“My will for life was stolen from me, at times I didn’t care about the world. Things like my first kiss were stolen from me. Having a first boyfriend. All those sorts of things, was all… taken. And without permission.”
During the time she was abused, she’d beg her parents not to take her back to school after holidays but she didn’t tell anyone about the abuse. Lyndal said the predator could “make her life hell” at school and repeatedly told her: “Don’t tell, no one’s going to believe you”.
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