New Child Sex Case Hits Australian Church
Australia's Anglican church has been thrown into fresh controversy after the author of an influential report on paedophilia within the Tasmanian church pleaded guilty to child sex charges. Michael Crowley, a former teacher and head of Tasmania's branch of the Australian Psychological...
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| Anne |
Hi Marianne,
I am sorry to hear your story. I understand you because I, personally, am dealing with the same feelings every day with my little kids too.
The best luck for you and for your kid! |
2/3/2005 |
| Marianne |
I asked Mr. Crowley for help in 1998 because my child age 5 said she was abused by her father and her fathers wife.
My child was taken from me for 3 three years because they called us liars. For 3 long years she was forced to have sex with her abuser and told that i her mother was dead. I was a student with no money. My childs abuser was working. he was showered with legal resources. I now have full custody of my child. Even the child protection went to court to support my daughters allegations. Not to mention a child sexual assault specialist, a teacher, social worker, refuge child care worker, a child counsellor at sexual assault centre and others.
My child was further abused because they sent her to counsellors on the basis to get it out of her head that she was being abused-while at the same time she was actually being abused.
She was recently assaulted in a park-the response by the policewoman who interviewed her was to tell me that,
"Kids will be kids"
"he (her attacker) has a lower mental age" he was aged 18
and "She didnt end up in hospital"
They were cautioned under the youth justices act.
Since then our lives have been made hell, it has been as we were threatened it would be "the worse for us" because we spoke to police.
My plants have been uprooted, we have been bombarded with obscene language, accosted at the bus stop, told that we are and will continue to be hated.
I have tried to get a housing department swop.
We have had to change our lives. I have to keep my curtains closed now.
My very deep concern about the sexual assaults on my child is that there is another child still living with my daughters abuser, And my daughter gave very clear descriptions to the sexual assault specialist that this child is also being sexually abused.
My family were torn apart. My daughter was discriminated against by being witheld from me her mother and also her very much loved brother.
I am trying to get the safety of the other child still in his home and also trying to find out how I can get the authorities to act and tell this childs natural father that his child is living with the person my children have described as a child abuser.
what has made things hard is that my childs abuser is very very charismatic, gets influentail people to rescue him by claiming how important his reputation is. He successfully sucks up to women in protecvtive postions and gains their sympathy by getting them to fell like mothering him.
It isnt just in church instititions that children are abused. Mine were abused and I was treated to years of being hindered and a sort of "shoot the messenger approach" to me.
I lost my home, belongings, career.
and my health suffered.
If there is any advice on how I can go about getting the other child safe, please please let me know as my concience is troubled knowing she is still going through what my child went through.
I know what the effects are of child abuse. I deal with it every day with my daughter.
Kind regards,
marianne |
10/29/2003 | |
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