In informal hearing rooms set up by the child sex abuse royal commission, victims are telling their stories of abuse in private. Around
1,500 people nationwide have so far spoken about what happened to them.
More than 1,000 others are on a ballooning waiting list, which grows by
an extra 40 people each week.
Some are in their
80s and 90s, and many have carried their secrets for a lifetime. Their
stories are not treated as legal evidence, their claims are not tested -
as in a court of law. But they are believed and their trauma
acknowledged.
