Royal Commission Insitutional Responses To Child Abuse

Before, I have never raised this nationwide issue. Yet, now this is the time to reflect on the past and how some people may have been abused as a child by  adults in institutions , where they went outside there normal duties.

This type of behaviour can cause depression and  breakdown  in life with families, once these people growing up realise what may have happened to them.

Yes, it isn't what should have happened and I'm probably one of the many lucky ones, that it happened too and being affected. I am Catholic and have been since  I was born. I have been an altar boy at St Canice's Catholic Parish Rushcutters Bay and I was never touched or spoken too inappropriately by any religion leader: priest or nuns.

If it happened to me, how do I feel? Do I lose my faith? Do I turn away from God? Do I lose faith in Jesus who died to forgive our sins on the Cross?

The answer is no. I keep my faith. I pray to God that God's people understand that as adults, we must respect children as children and never abuse position of  being an adult, especially in a working environment or even any other type of environment. I pray that it never happens again and that my life has meanings and goals to get too.  Since it didn't affect myself  directly, as  an altar boy I still will keep my faith. Faith is what keeps us strong and  places us on the straight and narrow.

The institutions that were affected with past history are all going through reviewing process where policies to prevent this happening in today's world, will assist.

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