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Adamstown Heights child sexual assault case: “Naming and shaming” on social media can affect how a matter proceeds in court
THE sexual assault of a child is confronting and sickening to any person who recognises the special vulnerability of children, and their lack of defences when adults abuse their power.
- Joanne McCarthy
- Newcastle Herald
It is why the Australian public so strongly supported establishment of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2012.
As a community we said yes to a five-year inquiry that was, at its heart, about the rights of the child to remain innocent, safe, loved and respected.
It is also why there is a…