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Survivors and supporters of church sex abuse victims are renewing calls for a Royal Commission into sex abuse throughout New Zealand.
They say Australia is facing up to its past by having an inquiry, and New Zealand should too.
John* still has the scars on his hands where he was hit with a cane by Catholic school teachers.
Now in his early fifties, he also suffers from PTSD and anxiety as he was the victim of sex abuse for six years at Christchurch’s Maryland’s school from the age of six.
John, other survivors and their supporters, are now calling for a Royal Commission into New Zealand’s Catholic Church sex abuse.
Ken Clearwater, from Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse, says he’s been fighting for an independent inquiry since the Boston Globe uncovered huge abuse within the Catholic Church around the world, as seen in Oscar award-winning film Spotlight.
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