As the fallout from Cardinal George Pell’s six-year jail sentence continues, now is the time for action to support survivors of child sexual abuse in Ballarat.
There have been repeated calls from the survivors themselves for more support, and now the son of a man who was abused as a child by priests and later committed suicide, is renewing a push for a memorial in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
Peter Curran was an early crusader, with Stephen Woods, who fought to give survivors a voice.
https://www.theleader.com.au/story/5956019/calls-for-memorial-to-victims-of-child-sexual-abuse-in-ballarat-after-pell-sentenced/
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