An inquiry has found that individuals who suffered sexual abuse at any Victorian state school should have the opportunity to share their experiences as part of a statewide accountability process. The report criticized Victoria's Education Department for maintaining an "appalling" culture of secrecy that enabled pedophile teachers to abuse "scores of children" across "over more than three decades". The investigation also highlighted a significant failure in handling allegations of historical child sexual abuse within Victorian public schools. The findings have brought no joy but offer a sense of healing for the victim-survivors, suggesting a potential long-term reckoning for the institutions involved, as noted by Russell Jackson.
ANALYSIS: The release of a report into historical sexual abuse at a Melbourne primary school will take weeks, perhaps months to fully digest. But for now, there is hope that it could kickstart a reckoning that may last for years, writes Russell Jackson. https://t.co/VzHZ7nOE49
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Victoria’s Education Department has been lashed in a damning report over an “appalling” culture of secrecy that allowed pedophile teachers to abuse scores of children over more than three decades. > https://t.co/CATvrI7RBh https://t.co/PZHKYbWKk1
Inquiry finds ‘appalling failure’ over allegations of historical child sexual abuse in Victorian public schools https://t.co/EgWx64scuo
People who were sexually abused at any Victorian state school should have an opportunity to share their experiences as part of a statewide accountability process, an inquiry has found. https://t.co/8ov7SwN5aw