“The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has put the issue of child abuse on the national agenda and will hopefully bring perpetrators and their protectors to justice – but the deep emotional, physical and psychological wounds experienced by so many adult survivors cannot be remedied by legal action alone,” she said.
An ecumenical service of lament, attended by NSW Attorney General Greg Smith, City of Sydney Councillor Irene Doutney and representatives from Anglican, Baptist, Catholic and Uniting churches, was held on November 2 at the Pitt Street Uniting Church. The Rev. Elenie Poulos, director of the Uniting Church National Assembly’s justice agency, was guest preacher at the South Sydney Uniting Church on November 3. These events were two of many held around the country in solidarity with victims, in protest against willful ignorance and cover-ups, and in support of healing and recovery.
