With the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse well under way, the issue of child sexual abuse now turns its attention towards the Anglican Church in Newcastle.
The recent announcement of a police investigation, Strike Force Arinya-2, will address allegations of child sexual abuse by members of the Newcastle Diocese of the Anglican Church during the 1970s.
This will build upon the findings of the Special Commission of Inquiry into child sexual abuse in the Maitland-Newcastle Diocese of the Catholic Church earlier this year.
The issue of child sexual abuse is at the forefront of Newcastle’s agenda as the institutions that were, and arguably still are, complicit in the repeated abuse, neglect and cruelty towards children in their care are being brought to justice.
We are finally beginning to see a unified response for the estimated 5million adult survivors of childhood trauma nationwide.
The recent announcement by the Abbott government to extend the royal commission by the recommended two years gives everyone hope for real and sustained change.
However, to prevent such events from recurring, it’s important we request a solution that is enforceable, achievable and equitable, with strict parameters set for all institutions.
[For more of this story, written by Cathy Kezelman, go to http://www.theherald.com.au/st...rcome-trauma/?cs=308]
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